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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Israeli-Iranian Shadow Naval War in Arabian Gulf puts Arab Gulf States in Cross-hairs

Israeli-Iranian Shadow Naval War in Arabian Gulf puts Arab Gulf States in Cross-hairs

By Hazem Ayyad | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The Arabian Gulf has turned into an arena for confrontation and possible conflict between Iran […]

Middle East Monitor

Iraq
Pope's upcoming visit brings attention to the dwindling population of Christians in Iraq

Pope’s upcoming visit brings attention to the dwindling population of Christians in Iraq

By Ramazan Kılınç | – Pope Francis will arrive in Iraq on Friday in a first-ever papal visit to the country that is expected to […]

The Conversation

censorship
Reporters without Borders Files German 'Crimes against Humanity' Case against Saudi's Bin Salman for Khashoggi Murder

Reporters without Borders Files German ‘Crimes against Humanity’ Case against Saudi’s Bin Salman for Khashoggi Murder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The France-based Reporters without Borders (RSF) has filed a criminal complaint with the Prosecutor-General of the Federal Court of Justices […]

Juan Cole

Kurds
How Facebook Suppressed Kurdish Site for sake of its Business in Turkey

How Facebook Suppressed Kurdish Site for sake of its Business in Turkey

By Jack Gillum and Justin Elliott | – ( ProPublica ) – As Turkey launched a military offensive against Kurdish minorities in neighboring Syria in […]

ProPublica

Mass Extinction
A common soil pesticide cut wild bee reproduction by 89% – here’s why scientists are worried

A common soil pesticide cut wild bee reproduction by 89% – here’s why scientists are worried

By Philip Donkersley | – When you think of bees, a hive humming with activity probably comes to mind. But most of the world’s 20,000 […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
The Real Threats to America are the Pandemic and Poverty; why Give Ever More Money to the Pentagon?

The Real Threats to America are the Pandemic and Poverty; why Give Ever More Money to the Pentagon?

By Mandy Smithberger | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – This country is in a crisis of the first order. More than half a million of us […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
The 7 Deadly Sins of Today's Conservatives

The 7 Deadly Sins of Today’s Conservatives

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – That someone at the conservative political convention, CPAC, thought it a good idea to put up a gilded statue of […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
World Leaders, including President Biden, need to Step up on Yemen, before Millions Die

World Leaders, including President Biden, need to Step up on Yemen, before Millions Die

Afrah Nasser | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Imagine what it is like to live in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis: You are in […]

Human Rights Watch

censorship
Will the Khashoggi Killing stand in the way of Bin Salman acceding to the Throne of Saudi Arabia?

Will the Khashoggi Killing stand in the way of Bin Salman acceding to the Throne of Saudi Arabia?

By Amira Abo el-Fetouh | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The Biden administration has finally authorised the Director of National Intelligence in Washington to […]

Middle East Monitor

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