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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Green Transportation
The Green Future is Here:  Audi to sell a Million Electric Cars a Year within 5 Years

The Green Future is Here: Audi to sell a Million Electric Cars a Year within 5 Years

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – (Clean Energy Wire) – German carmaker Audi has announced the goal of selling one million electric cars per year by […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Jared Kushner is surprised he can't get Palestinian Businessmen on Board with Promises of Prosperity

Jared Kushner is surprised he can’t get Palestinian Businessmen on Board with Promises of Prosperity

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestinian business groups accounting for 80% of Palestine’s gross domestic product say they are declining to attend a conference in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
US is Already Attacking Iran--Severe Sanctions are Hurting the Wrong People

US is Already Attacking Iran–Severe Sanctions are Hurting the Wrong People

By David Cortright | – Many are worried about the risk of war with Iran after the Trump administration leaked discussions of a troop deployment […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel Planning total Annexation of Jerusalem and Jordan Valley of Palestine?

Is Israel Planning total Annexation of Jerusalem and Jordan Valley of Palestine?

By Hamada Fara’na | – The Israeli government and its agencies are launching a concerted programme, with great urgency, to achieve the complete annexation of […]

Middle East Monitor

Pentagon
Our ~8,000 Military Dead in US Mideast Wars: 'Words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain'

Our ~8,000 Military Dead in US Mideast Wars: ‘Words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain’

(Tomdispatch.com) – Earlier this month, I spent a day visiting Marseilles to videotape a documentary about recent American military history, specifically the ongoing wars that […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
Iran's Leader, Khamenei, Blasts Pres. Rouhani for Negotiating Nuclear deal with US

Iran’s Leader, Khamenei, Blasts Pres. Rouhani for Negotiating Nuclear deal with US

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The private Tasnim news agency reports from Iran that in a speech to thousands of university students, Iran’s clerical leader […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
US Military Aid implicated in Israel's Sniping, Gaza Amputation Crisis

US Military Aid implicated in Israel’s Sniping, Gaza Amputation Crisis

By Phyllis Bennis | – My friend Andrew Rubin is an amputee. He’s lost his right hand, lower arm, right foot, and lower leg. He […]

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Far Right
Why it is important that NZ Mosque Killer was Charged with Terrorism

Why it is important that NZ Mosque Killer was Charged with Terrorism

By Keiran Hardy | – On Tuesday, the gunman in the Christchurch mosque shootings was charged with committing a terrorist act. The new charge came […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Anti-Palestinian Hate Speech goes unpunished in Israeli Social Media

Anti-Palestinian Hate Speech goes unpunished in Israeli Social Media

By Nadim Nashif | – (Al-Shabakah) – Israel is a world leader in cybersecurity technologies and surveillance and, on platforms like Facebook and Twitter, uses […]

Al-Shabaka

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