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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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Corruption
Chickens Came home to Roost: US meddled in Foreign Elections for Decades

Chickens Came home to Roost: US meddled in Foreign Elections for Decades

(Tomdispatch.com) – In this country, reactions to the Mueller report have been all-American beyond belief. Let’s face it, when it comes to election meddling, it’s […]

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Dem Presidential Hopeful Accuses “Racist” Israel of “Genocide”

Dem Presidential Hopeful Accuses “Racist” Israel of “Genocide”

A veteran US politician who has announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination for 2020 has described Israel as a “racist state” which […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
Bye Bye Miami: New Estimates Double Expected Sea Level rise to 6′

Bye Bye Miami: New Estimates Double Expected Sea Level rise to 6′

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sea level rise over the next 80 years may have been underestimated by the conservative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]

Juan Cole

journalism
Why Congress needs to empower the IRS to give nonprofit newspapers a green light

Why Congress needs to empower the IRS to give nonprofit newspapers a green light

By Magda Konieczna | – After nearly 150 years in business – as a business – The Salt Lake Tribune wants to become a nonprofit. […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Mission Accomplished?  Could US-Iran Conflict Tear Iraq Apart Again?

Mission Accomplished? Could US-Iran Conflict Tear Iraq Apart Again?

The US did to Iraq in reality what Daenarys Targaryen did to King’s Landing in the fictional Game of Thrones

Juan Cole

Iran
The Coming American Assault on Iran, Part II

The Coming American Assault on Iran, Part II

(Informed Comment) – One year ago, I wrote an article on the Trump administration’s plan for an attack on Iran. My evidence was based on […]

Tarek R. Dika

Iran
Why the Trump Admn.'s Confrontation with Iran will end Badly for . . . Trump

Why the Trump Admn.’s Confrontation with Iran will end Badly for . . . Trump

It’s hard to see how this conflict could end without the United States backing down or with a further dangerous escalation

The Conversation

Latin America
We are here because you were there: Refugees at the US-Mexican Border

We are here because you were there: Refugees at the US-Mexican Border

(Informed Comment) – Why would so many Guatemalans make the arduous journey to the US-Mexican border seeking refuge, knowing the hatred heaped on them by […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Madonna, Iceland's Hatari, Display Palestinian Flags at Eurovision in Israel

Madonna, Iceland’s Hatari, Display Palestinian Flags at Eurovision in Israel

TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — Hatari, Iceland’s heavy metal Eurovision act, drew boos from the audience when the band held up banners featuring the Palestinian flag […]

Maan News Agency

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