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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Despite Brutal Yemen War, will Saudis stock up at London’s Arms Fair?

Despite Brutal Yemen War, will Saudis stock up at London’s Arms Fair?

Conduct in Yemen War Means UK Government Should Not Resume Arms Sales

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Climate Change
Why Carbon Dioxide has such a Dangerous influence on Earth's Climate

Why Carbon Dioxide has such a Dangerous influence on Earth’s Climate

By Jason West | – Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Surprise!  Trump's 'Deal of the Century' = Annexation & Apartheid

Surprise! Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ = Annexation & Apartheid

By Ramzy Baroud | @RamzyBaroud | – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving quickly to alter the political reality in Palestine, and facing little […]

Ramzy Baroud

Iraq
How Iraq Is Standing Up For Itself, After Israeli Attacks

How Iraq Is Standing Up For Itself, After Israeli Attacks

(Niqash) – Mustafa Habib Often trapped between Iran and the US, Iraq’s foreign policy experts have been playing a wily game to avoid it happening […]

Mustafa Habib

Pentagon
The Ultra-Costly, Underwhelming F-35 Fighter: Lockheed Martin Remains Top Gun in the Pentagon's Cockpit

The Ultra-Costly, Underwhelming F-35 Fighter: Lockheed Martin Remains Top Gun in the Pentagon’s Cockpit

(Tomdispatch.com) – How are you with numbers? I can deal with $1.5 million. I think I can even imagine $1.5 billion, a sum a thousand […]

William J. Astore

Saudi Arabia
The Saudi-United Arab Emirates Game of Thrones in Yemen

The Saudi-United Arab Emirates Game of Thrones in Yemen

By Mareb Al-Ward | – Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are exchanging roles in Yemen. While the former pretends to be completely biased in favour of […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump  Awaits orders from Saudis; and Why the Houthis could have Done It

Trump Awaits orders from Saudis; and Why the Houthis could have Done It

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s bizarre infatuation with strongmen and dictators was on full display in his response to Saturday’s drone attack on Saudi […]

Juan Cole

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Pompeo Manipulatively blames Iran as Saudi Arabia loses 58% of Oil Production to Houthi Attack

Pompeo Manipulatively blames Iran as Saudi Arabia loses 58% of Oil Production to Houthi Attack

Yemen’s Zaydi Shiite Houthi rebels, who control the northwest of Yemen, including the capital of Sana’a, claimed on Saturday to have launched the 10 drones […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Forget Politics: The Joys of Iran's Traditional Music

Forget Politics: The Joys of Iran’s Traditional Music

By Darius Sepehri | – Weaving through the rooms of my Brisbane childhood home, carried on the languid, humid, sub-tropical air, was the sound of […]

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