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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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al-Qaeda
Is an al-Qaeda Front dominating 3 Million People in North Syria?

Is an al-Qaeda Front dominating 3 Million People in North Syria?

Throughout its numerous iterations, HTS has not altered its ideology and is still widely thought to maintain links with Al-Qaeda

AFP

History
Islamophobia versus World History: Rediscovering Marshall Hodgson

Islamophobia versus World History: Rediscovering Marshall Hodgson

In our post-9/11 world, Hodgson’s historical vision and moral engagement have never been more relevant.

Edmund Burke III

Donald Trump
Who's Running John Bolton to Start a war with Iran? He worried even Mad Dog Mattis

Who’s Running John Bolton to Start a war with Iran? He worried even Mad Dog Mattis

Ironically, when Mattis first met Bolton, he joked that he had heard that he was “the Devil.”

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump: “We’ll Devastate Turkey Economically” if it Hits Syrian Kurds

Trump: “We’ll Devastate Turkey Economically” if it Hits Syrian Kurds

Also urged the Kurds not to “provoke” Ankara.

AFP

Iran
Iraq welcomes Iran Foreign Minister after Pompeo, denounces US Sanctions as “Illegal”

Iraq welcomes Iran Foreign Minister after Pompeo, denounces US Sanctions as “Illegal”

Iran is the second-largest source of imported goods in Iraq.

AFP

Green Energy
No More Wars for Oil?  Wind & Solar will reduce Energy-Related Conflicts

No More Wars for Oil? Wind & Solar will reduce Energy-Related Conflicts

Political power will get more decentralised and diffused

contributors

Qatar
Ostracized by Neighbors, Qatar aims to Invest $45 bn in United States

Ostracized by Neighbors, Qatar aims to Invest $45 bn in United States

The value of bilateral trade between Qatar and the US has doubled in 10 years

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump's Erratic Foreign Policy in 2019: Will it put us in More Danger?

Trump’s Erratic Foreign Policy in 2019: Will it put us in More Danger?

President Trump’s ‘America First’ policies, which drove the global economy into chaos last year and caused a stir in the international community.

Juan Cole

Banking
Not the Onion: Ivanka Trump in running for World Bank Head

Not the Onion: Ivanka Trump in running for World Bank Head

WASHINGTON (Ma’an) — Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, and US President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, are reportedly among possible […]

Juan Cole

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