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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

09/19/2025 By contributors

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Corruption
Millionaire "Justice": 5 Petty Shoplifting Charges sentenced more harshly than Manafort's Hiding Millions

Millionaire “Justice”: 5 Petty Shoplifting Charges sentenced more harshly than Manafort’s Hiding Millions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was given 47 months in prison for his crimes on Thursday, in a jaw-dropping ruling […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
UN Human Rights Council seeks Freedom for Saudi Women Activists, Justice for Khashoggi

UN Human Rights Council seeks Freedom for Saudi Women Activists, Justice for Khashoggi

Geneva (Human Rights Watch) – A joint statement by 36 countries on March 7, 2019 calling on Saudi Arabia to improve its human rights record […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is

Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is

Pro-Israel politicians don’t speak for young Jews like me. They shouldn’t pretend to

Sarah Gertler

Christianity
Is the Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse Crisis rooted in Sexism?

Is the Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse Crisis rooted in Sexism?

Even as these Baptist leaders claimed their movement was about the Bible, they specifically targeted women<

The Conversation

Iran
Judge who Presided over Mass Execution made Iran’s Chief Justice

Judge who Presided over Mass Execution made Iran’s Chief Justice

Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday appointed ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, a one-time presidential hopeful, as head of the judiciary, […]

AFP

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Irony: as Pelosi backs down on 'anti-Hate' Resolution, Israel's Politics Goes Peak Racist

Irony: as Pelosi backs down on ‘anti-Hate’ Resolution, Israel’s Politics Goes Peak Racist

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A revolt of the Democratic Party grassroots has forestalled Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s plan to hold a vote on a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump Humiliates Palestinians by Closing Consulate, Dealing with them Via US Embassy to Israel

Trump Humiliates Palestinians by Closing Consulate, Dealing with them Via US Embassy to Israel

The Americans have been working hard to undermine the PA’s status as an autonomous entity which serves Palestinian interests

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Corbyn Calls for Britain to Freeze Arms Sales to Israel after UN charges War Crimes

Corbyn Calls for Britain to Freeze Arms Sales to Israel after UN charges War Crimes

LONDON (Ma’an) — Jeremy Corbyn, head of the British Labor Party, over the weekend, called for the British government to freeze arms sales to Israel […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Turkish Pop Star's Case Highlights Violence against Women

Turkish Pop Star’s Case Highlights Violence against Women

By Raziye Akkoc | – Ankara (AFP) – When Turkish pop star Sila reported her partner’s physical violence to police, it was a rare moment […]

Raziye Akkoc

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