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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .
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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There are mornings when we are unable to bear to listen to the news taking place in […]

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

05/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Detained!  Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

Detained! Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

05/19/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Coal
Germany to End its Coal Industry, Go Green, within 20 Years

Germany to End its Coal Industry, Go Green, within 20 Years

( Clean Energy Wire) – Energy transition home country Germany eyes a phase-out of coal power by 2038 at the very latest, as the country […]

Clean Energy Wire

Syria
Damascus Condemns Turkey Presence in North Syria as Violation of Deal

Damascus Condemns Turkey Presence in North Syria as Violation of Deal

On Friday, Erdogan said Turkey expected a “security zone” to be created in Syria in a few months

AFP

Holocaust
How Will Generations that didn't Experience the Holocaust Remember it?

How Will Generations that didn’t Experience the Holocaust Remember it?

Keeping the memory of the Holocaust has become increasingly important because it can bring awareness to contemporary atrocities

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Qatar Convinces Israel, Hamas to let it Aid 94,000 Poor Gaza Families

Qatar Convinces Israel, Hamas to let it Aid 94,000 Poor Gaza Families

Palestinian factions in Gaza, including Hamas, which on Thursday refused to receive the Qatari funds under “humiliating” Israeli conditions, are keeping silent

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Workers & a Seasoned Speaker Defeated Trump on Shutdown; it Wasn't about Gender

Workers & a Seasoned Speaker Defeated Trump on Shutdown; it Wasn’t about Gender

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some of the language being used for the victory of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over President Donald Trump with regard […]

Juan Cole

Venezuela
Pompeo taps Iran-Contra Death Squad Backer to 'Restore Democracy' in Venezuela

Pompeo taps Iran-Contra Death Squad Backer to ‘Restore Democracy’ in Venezuela

Abrams initially dismissed the massacre of nearly 1,000 civilians by the Salvadoran army at El Mozote in 1981.

AFP

Iraq
Party of Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr tables Bill to expel US Troops from Iraq

Party of Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr tables Bill to expel US Troops from Iraq

If passed, the bill would require all foreign military deployments — including troops and advisers — to leave the country within one year

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
When America loses the Forgotten Afghanistan War, will it Leave the US Broken?

When America loses the Forgotten Afghanistan War, will it Leave the US Broken?

Like the Red Army, the U.S. military will finally leave that country in defeat and will bring that defeat home with them.

Tom Engelhardt

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Ireland Bans Israeli Settler goods from Occupied Palestinian West Bank

Ireland Bans Israeli Settler goods from Occupied Palestinian West Bank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ireland’s parliament has voted by 78 votes to 45 to ban the importation into Ireland of goods produced by Israeli […]

Juan Cole

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