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Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change
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Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change

Juan Cole

Climate change is at least somewhat implicated in the social dislocations that fuel terrorism in Somalia

US, Iranian Officials Set For New Negotiations Aimed At Preventing War

US, Iranian Officials Set For New Negotiations Aimed At Preventing War

02/17/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically

02/17/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Child Homelessness rising in US -- Red States wonder why they're the Worst

Child Homelessness rising in US — Red States wonder why they’re the Worst

ABC 15, AZ | — “Arizona ranks as one of the worst states for homeless children.” ABC 15 Arizona: “Increase in homeless children in the […]

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Iran
Should Iran and the US accept a Good, but not perfect Nuclear Deal?

Should Iran and the US accept a Good, but not perfect Nuclear Deal?

By Hamid Zangeneh | — We have a few days left to the final deadline (Nov. 24 target date) for this round of negotiations between […]

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Egypt
Egypt’s Battle for Worker’s Rights in Upcoming Legislation

Egypt’s Battle for Worker’s Rights in Upcoming Legislation

By Nehal Amer Over the past year Egypt has undergone harsh reforms in a narrowing sociopolitical environment. New legislation is rapidly being produced in the […]

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Americans 64 times more likely to be Murdered than die in Terrorism

Americans 64 times more likely to be Murdered than die in Terrorism

By Juan Cole | — The Institute for Economics and Peace in the UK has released a report on terrorism in 2013, which it maintains […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
"More Collective Punishment of Gaza":  Norwegian Dr. Denied Entrance to Gaza by Israelis

“More Collective Punishment of Gaza”: Norwegian Dr. Denied Entrance to Gaza by Israelis

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Norwegian physician who has volunteered in the medical field in the Gaza Strip repeatedly in recent years has been banned by […]

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History
Turkish President Alleges Muslims 'discovered' America before Columbus

Turkish President Alleges Muslims ‘discovered’ America before Columbus

Ruptly TV | — [ What follows is some crackpot theory completely divorced from reality… for another attempt at mystifying the Ottomans in the New […]

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Iraq
Yazidi Women Victimized by Daesh/ ISIL tell of Rape, Slavery, & their Resistance

Yazidi Women Victimized by Daesh/ ISIL tell of Rape, Slavery, & their Resistance

By Khales Joumah | Mosul | via Niqash.org | — Three months ago, the extremist group known as the Islamic State kidnapped hundreds of women […]

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Economy
U2's Bono on 'Band Aid 30': Ebola is a 'political failure'

U2’s Bono on ‘Band Aid 30’: Ebola is a ‘political failure’

Channel 4 News | — “The spread of Ebola is “not a medical failure” – U2 lead singer Bono tells Channel 4 News political leaders […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Top 5 Ways Daesh/ ISIL is Losing, as it lashes out like a Cornered Rat

Top 5 Ways Daesh/ ISIL is Losing, as it lashes out like a Cornered Rat

By Juan Cole Daesh is what ISIL is called in the Middle East by the vast majority that doesn’t like it. It has not had […]

Juan Cole

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