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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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How the UN Can Help End Israeli Apartheid and Persecution

How the UN Can Help End Israeli Apartheid and Persecution

By Louis Charbonneau | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The latest outbreak of violence in Gaza is depressingly familiar. Scores of civilians, including […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

African-Americans
100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, lessons from my grandfather

100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, lessons from my grandfather

By Gregory B. Fairchild | – When Viola Fletcher, 107, appeared before Congress in May 2021, she called for the nation to officially acknowledge the […]

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Arab World
Why Jared Kushner's 'Abraham Accords' did not produce Israel-Palestine Peace and are increasingly Irrelevant

Why Jared Kushner’s ‘Abraham Accords’ did not produce Israel-Palestine Peace and are increasingly Irrelevant

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Jared Kushner/ Trump plan for Israel-Palestine had some basic premises. The first was that the U.S. could act punitively […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Jerusalem: eyewitness account from a divided city

Jerusalem: eyewitness account from a divided city

By Adel Ruished | – Not long after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into force on Friday May 21, members of the Israeli […]

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Elections
Disgruntled Iranians Say 'No Way,' Call For Boycott Of June Presidential Election

Disgruntled Iranians Say ‘No Way,’ Call For Boycott Of June Presidential Election

( RFE/RL ) – Less than a month before Iran’s June 18 presidential election, there are few signs of enthusiasm about the vote. For many […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Climate Crisis
With undersea Nordlink, Norway and Germany act as Huge Renewable Batteries for Each other, Sharing Hydro and Wind

With undersea Nordlink, Norway and Germany act as Huge Renewable Batteries for Each other, Sharing Hydro and Wind

By Kerstine Appunn | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany is taking another step towards achieving a fully renewable power system by completing […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Irish Parliament first in EU to Condemn Creeping Israeli "Annexation" of Palestinian West Bank

Irish Parliament first in EU to Condemn Creeping Israeli “Annexation” of Palestinian West Bank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Kerry O’Shea at the Irish Examiner reports that the Irish Dail (parliament) on Wednesday night passed a resolution accusing Israel […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Pilot: Destroying Gaza Civilian Apt. Buildings "was a way to vent the army's frustration"

Israeli Pilot: Destroying Gaza Civilian Apt. Buildings “was a way to vent the army’s frustration”

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor) – After 11 days of Israeli bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire came […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
In Revolution, Shareholders vote Climate Activist Hedge Funders onto Board of ExxonMobil

In Revolution, Shareholders vote Climate Activist Hedge Funders onto Board of ExxonMobil

By Mark DesJardine and Tima Bansal | – One of the most expensive Wall Street shareholder battles on record could signal a big shift in […]

The Conversation

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