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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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Syria: US Coalition needs to Reimburse Civilians for Thousands of Innocents Killed and Massive Property Destruction in fight against ISIL

Syria: US Coalition needs to Reimburse Civilians for Thousands of Innocents Killed and Massive Property Destruction in fight against ISIL

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Pentagon
Wars R Us:  Our Best and Brightest have Warned us of Pentagon Propaganda Machine

Wars R Us: Our Best and Brightest have Warned us of Pentagon Propaganda Machine

(Tomsdispatch.com ) – Put up with me for just a moment while I wax literary. It turns out that, if French novelist Marcel Proust lived […]

William J. Astore

China
China Backs Iran: Trump 'Started the Fire,' 'unilateral bullying' 'a tumor'

China Backs Iran: Trump ‘Started the Fire,’ ‘unilateral bullying’ ‘a tumor’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – China is openly blaming the Trump administration for the breakdown of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint […]

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Turkey
Can Turkish Politics be Depolarized?

Can Turkish Politics be Depolarized?

By Sevgi Yagmur Bulut | – The ruling party is no longer in charge of the largest municipality In the end it was easy. Ekrem […]

Global Voices

Donald Trump
The 'inept' Mr Trump – and the Lost Art of the Diplomatic Cable

The ‘inept’ Mr Trump – and the Lost Art of the Diplomatic Cable

(Al-Bab.com) – The point of diplomatic cables, and the cause of excitement when they are leaked, is that they are meant to be private – […]

Brian Whitaker

Israel/ Palestine
When Will Palestinians Wake up to Complete US embrace of Messianic Extremist Israeli Project

When Will Palestinians Wake up to Complete US embrace of Messianic Extremist Israeli Project

Those who are still hoping that the new American agenda on Palestine and Israel is temporary, or reversible, should abandon this false hope. Washington’s complete […]

Ramzy Baroud

Islamophobia
Combating Islamophobia:  Rami Malek sets Conditions for Playing Villain in Bond 25

Combating Islamophobia: Rami Malek sets Conditions for Playing Villain in Bond 25

Belfast (Informed Comment) – It is well overdue for a Hollywood star to refuse to take a role in a film that will continue to […]

Mohammed Samaana

Israel/ Palestine
Nelson Mandela’s Grandson:  We have a Moral Duty to Boycott Israel over its Apartheid against Palestinians

Nelson Mandela’s Grandson: We have a Moral Duty to Boycott Israel over its Apartheid against Palestinians

South African MP and the grandson of Nelson Mandela, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, addressed a sold out crowd at the Palestine Expo in London yesterday, saying […]

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Donald Trump
Trump's Economic War on Iran: 88% reduction in Oil Exports, 6% Shrinkage of Economy

Trump’s Economic War on Iran: 88% reduction in Oil Exports, 6% Shrinkage of Economy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States is already at war with Iran, squeezing its economy down to nothingness. If another country tried to […]

Juan Cole

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