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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Who are the white Nationalist Wolverine Watchmen, who Plotted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

Who are the white Nationalist Wolverine Watchmen, who Plotted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

By Amy Cooter | – Details are still emerging about the men arrested on federal and state charges related to an alleged plot to kidnap […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic: UN

Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic: UN

Item 7, General Debate – UN Human Rights Council 45 Israeli authorities have continued to systematically repress and discriminate against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian […]

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Armenia
Where does Iran stand on Armenia's conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh?

Where does Iran stand on Armenia’s conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh?

By Marwan Kabalan | – ( Middle East Monitor) – While most attention is focused on the positions of Russia and Turkey in the ongoing […]

Middle East Monitor

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With Crushing sanctions on 18 Iranian Banks, is Trump trying to leave a War behind for Biden?

With Crushing sanctions on 18 Iranian Banks, is Trump trying to leave a War behind for Biden?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the dying Trump administration, literally on a sickbed, contemplates losing power, its hawks are lashing out at Iran in […]

Juan Cole

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How dangerous are the White Nationalists in the US Military?

How dangerous are the White Nationalists in the US Military?

By Jennifer Spindel, Matt Motta and Robert Ralston | – White nationalist groups, who make up some of the most serious terror threats in the […]

The Conversation

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Amy Coney Barrett Has No Business Ruling on This Election

Amy Coney Barrett Has No Business Ruling on This Election

By Rev. Susan K. Smith ( Otherwords.org ) – Well before Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the United States Supreme Court, every step in […]

OtherWords

Bashar al-Assad
Syria’s security services flourish while people starve; what sort of ‘president’ is Assad?

Syria’s security services flourish while people starve; what sort of ‘president’ is Assad?

Ghazi Dahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is no surprise that the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre has released documents revealing […]

Juan Cole

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Peace and pro-Christian themes in Muhammad and the Qur'an

Peace and pro-Christian themes in Muhammad and the Qur’an

Juan Cole is interviewed below by Professor Adnan Husain, Queens University (co-editor of A Faithful Sea: The Religious Cultures of the Mediterranean, 1200-1700) on themes […]

Juan Cole

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For Insights into Michigan's Toxic culture of Masculinity and Guns see Groundbreaking Director Arman Cole's Short, "Small Arms" (4 mn Views)

For Insights into Michigan’s Toxic culture of Masculinity and Guns see Groundbreaking Director Arman Cole’s Short, “Small Arms” (4 mn Views)

Arman Cole is a director and graduate of the University of Southern California film school. His dramatic short film, Small Arms stars Tyler Young and […]

Juan Cole

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