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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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What the huge COVID-19 testing undercount in the US means: We may actually have 30 million Cases

What the huge COVID-19 testing undercount in the US means: We may actually have 30 million Cases

Melissa Hawkins | – Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other institutions recently published a study which estimated that the true […]

The Conversation

Corruption
Lebanon’s deadly blast: when corruption turned into carnage

Lebanon’s deadly blast: when corruption turned into carnage

By Walid el Houri | – ( OpenDemocracy) – On 4 August 2020, at 6pm the explosion at the Beirut port sent a destructive shockwave […]

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What Impact will the Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Explosion have on Israel and Hezbollah?

What Impact will the Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Explosion have on Israel and Hezbollah?

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Arms Sales
Will Trump's Maximum Pressure on UNSC against Lifting Iran Arms Embargo Backfire Big Time?

Will Trump’s Maximum Pressure on UNSC against Lifting Iran Arms Embargo Backfire Big Time?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Peter Hutchison at AFP reports that the Trump administration may be set to shoot itself in the foot at the […]

Juan Cole

China
The rise of the Middle Kingdom in the Middle East: Iran, Gulf Oil and China:

The rise of the Middle Kingdom in the Middle East: Iran, Gulf Oil and China:

By Arhama Siddiqa | – ( Middle East Monitor) – China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) stands as the most prominent example of the pivotal […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
Cramped ICE Detention Centers during COVID-19 Threaten Migrant Safety, even Officers

Cramped ICE Detention Centers during COVID-19 Threaten Migrant Safety, even Officers

By Jessica Myers | Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship | – ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – In the six months Maria Chávez’s husband has […]

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Australasia
100 days without COVID-19: how New Zealand got rid of a virus that keeps spreading across the world

100 days without COVID-19: how New Zealand got rid of a virus that keeps spreading across the world

By Michael Baker, Amanda Kvalsvig, and Nick Wilson | – On Sunday, New Zealand will mark 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19. From the […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
American ISIS?  Trumpies Threaten life of Scientists like Dr. Fauci, just as ISIS Killed Archeologist Dr. Al-Asaad

American ISIS? Trumpies Threaten life of Scientists like Dr. Fauci, just as ISIS Killed Archeologist Dr. Al-Asaad

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump prides himself for being in office when the US military and its Muslim allies in Iraq and Syria polished […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Will Beirut's Port Explosion and Economic Crisis Spur Mass Migration from Lebanon?

Will Beirut’s Port Explosion and Economic Crisis Spur Mass Migration from Lebanon?

By Hannes Baumann | – The explosion that tore through Beirut on Tuesday August 4 was so strong that shockwaves were felt on the island […]

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