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The Unexpected Winner of the Iran War? Green Energy in Asia and Europe
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The Unexpected Winner of the Iran War? Green Energy in Asia and Europe

Neil Thompson

China’s decision to invest in a transition to a green economy has also helped buffer it from the Iran War Fall-Out

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus (HRW)

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus (HRW)

03/10/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Anti-Iran Policy as a Sacred Mission of Israeli Propagandists

Anti-Iran Policy as a Sacred Mission of Israeli Propagandists

03/10/2026 By Farhang Jahanpour

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Iraq
Iraq Faces Women's Crisis: 1 Mn. Widows, Extremist Captives, Child Brides

Iraq Faces Women’s Crisis: 1 Mn. Widows, Extremist Captives, Child Brides

By Alaa Latif | Sulaymaniyah | (Niqash.org) Bayan Nouri has a tough job over the next four years – the new Minister for Women’s Affairs […]

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History
Allied Footage of Istanbul from 1915 in WW I

Allied Footage of Istanbul from 1915 in WW I

British Pathe | — “Footage from 1915 of Constantinople, in the Ottoman empire (now Istanbul, Turkey), as the allies approach the city during World War […]

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Israel
New Economic Pogrom: Israeli squatters uproot 5000 olive tree saplings In Palestinian West Bank

New Economic Pogrom: Israeli squatters uproot 5000 olive tree saplings In Palestinian West Bank

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Jewish settlers have uprooted more than 5,000 olive tree saplings in agricultural lands east of the town of Turmusayya in the central […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
President Obama's Biggest Mideast Policy Challenges, 2015

President Obama’s Biggest Mideast Policy Challenges, 2015

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Barack Obama wanted to be the president who got the US out of Afghanistan and Iraq, and turned […]

Juan Cole

Israel
U.S. Twists Arms to Help Defeat Resolution on Palestine

U.S. Twists Arms to Help Defeat Resolution on Palestine

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The United States re-asserted its political and economic clout – and its ability to twist arms and perhaps […]

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Energy
New "Sustainable City" in Dubai aims to be Net Carbon Zero

New “Sustainable City” in Dubai aims to be Net Carbon Zero

Dubai City | — “The goal of sustainability is to enhance quality of life, without compromising the needs of future generations. Sustainability is achieved by […]

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Apartheid
Israel War Crimes Trial in 2015?   Palestinians sign up to join International Criminal Court

Israel War Crimes Trial in 2015? Palestinians sign up to join International Criminal Court

RT | — “Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed up to join International Criminal Court, paving the way for the investigation on Israel’s possible war […]

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astronomy and outer space
Nature's Fireworks:  The Northern Lights in Troms, Norway

Nature’s Fireworks: The Northern Lights in Troms, Norway

Euronews | — No Comment TV: “Magnetic midnight in Norway – no comment”

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UAE
2015 New Year Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai

2015 New Year Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai

2015 Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai (New Year Fireworks)

Juan Cole

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