Nations outside the US signal their scepticism about White House plans for an international naval operation to re-open the Strait of Hormuz
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BDS Success: Israeli Firm Sodastream Leaves Palestinian West Bank after Boycott
By Juan Cole AJ+ SodaStream Leaving West Bank After Boycotts AJ+ : “Facing an intensive boycott campaign, the controversial Israeli company that makes home soda […]
Centenary of the Ottoman Empire’s Entry into World War I
100 years ago, the Ottoman Empire bombarded two Russian ports, entering the war on the side of Germany and Austria. Below is rare footage of […]
Concentrated Solar Plant in Tunisian Sahara aims to sell Clean Electricity to Europe
Reuters: “The TuNur project aims to generate clean energy from a giant solar plant in the Tunisian Sahara from where it will be connected to […]
Iran Pressures Media over coverage of Acid Attacks on Women
By Golnaz Esfandiari via RFE/RL Iranian officials are moving to muzzle media coverage of a string of recent acid attacks targeting young women in the […]
No, Baghdad isn’t about to Fall: Iraqi Bloggers & Youth Mount Campaign
By Ibrahim Saleh | Baghdad | via Niqash A group of young Iraqi bloggers and activists have started a campaign on social media using the […]
Turkey allows Kurdish Peshmerga to Cross to Kobane
By Juan Cole The Turkish press is reporting that Turkish intelligence is facilitating the crossing of a couple hundred paramilitary troops (Peshmerga) from Iraqi Kurdistan […]
Only 1/2 of 1% of “Patriot” Act Secret Warrants Used against Terrorism
By Mark Jaycox via Electronic Frontier Foundation The Patriot Act continues to wreak its havoc on civil liberties. Section 213 was included in the Patriot […]
Nobel Peace Laureates to Obama: Bring use of torture into the light of day, Never to return
By Jon Queally via Commondreams.org Twelve Nobel Peace Prize laureates have written to President Barack Obama asking the US to close the dark chapter on […]
Artificial Billionaires: Regimes’ Crony Capitalism Stifling Middle East
World Bank Across the Middle East and North Africa, countries are being forced to face up to a harsh reality—that, left as they are now, […]
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