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Trump’s “New” Mideast: False Promises of Peace Through War
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Trump’s “New” Mideast: False Promises of Peace Through War

Daniel Martin Varisco

Imperial wars falsely advertised as a means to peace and stability are not, however, “new” in this region

200K in St. Paul Join 8M  Record “No Kings” US Protest

200K in St. Paul Join 8M Record “No Kings” US Protest

03/29/2026 By Minnesota Reformer

Protesting Israel’s Targeted Killing of Civilian Professors in Lebanon

Protesting Israel’s Targeted Killing of Civilian Professors in Lebanon

03/29/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Obama to GOP:  More Iran sanctions lead to War (& 7 other Foreign Policy points in SOTU)

Obama to GOP: More Iran sanctions lead to War (& 7 other Foreign Policy points in SOTU)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address slighted foreign policy in favor of touting domestic progress and […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
Yemenis living “hour to hour” as Houthis take Presidential Palace

Yemenis living “hour to hour” as Houthis take Presidential Palace

SANA’A (IRIN) – Muneer Asharby nearly didn’t go to work today. It wasn’t until after noon that he finally braved the walk. Even so, he […]

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Inequality
Bobby Jindal Gets Called Out for Muslim “No-Go Zones”

Bobby Jindal Gets Called Out for Muslim “No-Go Zones”

TheLipTV | — “Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal continues to spread the myth of “no-go zones” after Fox News issued an on-air apology and correction for […]

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Climate Change
Dual Use:   Solar Panels conserve Canal Water In India

Dual Use: Solar Panels conserve Canal Water In India

By Malini Shankar | (IPS) Sunlight pours over a break in canal-top solar panels recently installed over the Vadodara branch of the Sardar Sarovar canal […]

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Barack Obama
Obama wants new Mil. Authority, but Special Ops already on Missions in 105 Countries in 2015

Obama wants new Mil. Authority, but Special Ops already on Missions in 105 Countries in 2015

By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) — In the dead of night, they swept in aboard V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.  Landing in a remote region of […]

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Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Warn Israel Following Strike That Killed General

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Warn Israel Following Strike That Killed General

By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/RL) — The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) warned on January 20 that Israel should expect “devastating thunderbolts” in response […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Israel’s Syria Strike: Is it trying to Help al-Qaeda vs. Hizbullah & Iran?

Israel’s Syria Strike: Is it trying to Help al-Qaeda vs. Hizbullah & Iran?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — There are several questions around the Israeli helicopter gunship strike on Mazari` al-Amal in Syria’s Quneitra Province, which […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israeli PM Netanyahu Campaigns to Discredit, Defund Int’l Criminal Court

Israeli PM Netanyahu Campaigns to Discredit, Defund Int’l Criminal Court

By Alexandra Halaby – (IMEMC & Agencies) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that the ICC announcement by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to initiate a […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa

Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa

The Economist | — “Africans have been waiting for decades for the mains electricity which the rich world takes for granted. Sub-Saharan Africa’s 910m people […]

Juan Cole

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