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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
European Union, U.S. bear Responsibility for Israel's Squatter-Settlements on Palestinian Land

European Union, U.S. bear Responsibility for Israel’s Squatter-Settlements on Palestinian Land

( Middle East Monitor) – When European diplomats visit the occupied Palestinian territories to observe the damage wrought by Israel’s home demolitions and forced displacement, […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
How food prices are affected by oil, trade agreements and climate change

How food prices are affected by oil, trade agreements and climate change

By Wyn Morgan | – ( The Conversation) – Concerns about inflation rates have risen as the UK economy begins its much-needed recovery from the […]

The Conversation

Health Care
Happy Birthday, Medicare: You showed that  public, universal health insurance is superior to private insurance in every way

Happy Birthday, Medicare: You showed that public, universal health insurance is superior to private insurance in every way

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – 56 years ago Congress enacted Medicare to provide health insurance for people ages 65 and older and the […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

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Iran opens new Oil Port on Gulf of Oman to avoid narrow Straits of Hormuz and to Avoid US Sanctions

Iran opens new Oil Port on Gulf of Oman to avoid narrow Straits of Hormuz and to Avoid US Sanctions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Al Jazeera, on Thursday, Iran announced the opening of a new petroleum export terminal near the port of […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Calls to hold Israel and its NSO Group Accountable for Global hacking scandal, as UAE Role bulks Large

Calls to hold Israel and its NSO Group Accountable for Global hacking scandal, as UAE Role bulks Large

By Nasim Ahmed | – The global hacking scandal involving Israel’s notorious NSO Group has sparked fury around the world as the full extent of […]

Middle East Monitor

Australasia
Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds

Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds

By Sven Teske, Chris Briggs, Mark Hemer, Philip Marsh, and Rusty Langdon | – ( The Conversation) – Offshore wind farms are an increasingly common […]

The Conversation

Inequality
Artificial Intelligence Wants You (and Your Job); ;We’d Better Control Machines Before They Control Us

Artificial Intelligence Wants You (and Your Job); ;We’d Better Control Machines Before They Control Us

By John Feffer | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – My wife and I were recently driving in Virginia, amazed yet again that the GPS technology […]

John Feffer

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Under Pressure from Biden, Japan pledges to double target for Renewables in energy mix  by 2030, to 38%, and to Slash Emissions

Under Pressure from Biden, Japan pledges to double target for Renewables in energy mix by 2030, to 38%, and to Slash Emissions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The importance of having a U.S. leader like Joe Biden, who has come to believe in the necessity of drastically […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Apartheid: "A Threshold Crossed"

Israeli Apartheid: “A Threshold Crossed”

Published in: Zenith Magazine By Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director | – ( Human Rights Watch) – In April, Human Rights Watch released a […]

Human Rights Watch

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