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Searching for Solace in a Nuclearized World

The Nightmare of Fukushima 15 Years Later: Nine countries now possess nuclear weapons

one of the most extreme weather events in world history blitzed the Southwest U.S. and far northwest Mexico with unprecedented March heat

all it the “Netanyahu tax” that we’ll all be paying in our electricity, grocery, electronics and consumer spending, possibly for years to come

Tehran vowed to retaliate by hitting five key energy targets in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Marked by decades of violence, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is widely considered intractable

City of poets and gardens, mystical poet, ancient Achaemenid kings, old name for Iran

Nations outside the US signal their scepticism about White House plans for an international naval operation to re-open the Strait of Hormuz

The long history of Iranian philosophy and spiritual thought shows unprecedented subtlety in treating the inner life of human beings

Large majorities of Democrats oppose continuing military aid to Israel and believe it has committed genocide in Gaza