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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
Climate Crisis

All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

At a 2.7º C. increase, northern Australian areas such as Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland will become uninhabitable by the end of the century

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

01/31/2026 By The Conversation

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

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Hyenas vs. Rhinos:  Who could the NYT get to write an Op-ed on Iraq?  Hmm...

Hyenas vs. Rhinos: Who could the NYT get to write an Op-ed on Iraq? Hmm…

By Juan Cole New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan did a quick study and found that critics of the paper of record over its […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Barzani:  Kurdish Rule To Stay In Kirkuk

Barzani: Kurdish Rule To Stay In Kirkuk

Via RFE/RL Iraqi Kurdish leader Masud Barzani has said that there is no going back on autonomous Kurdish rule in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk […]

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censorship
The Fate of Dissenters in Al-Sisi's Egypt: The New "Disappeared"

The Fate of Dissenters in Al-Sisi’s Egypt: The New “Disappeared”

By Jihad Abaza As Abdel Fattah el-Sissi assumes his new role as Egypt’s president, enforced disappearances are on the rise in the Middle East’s most […]

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Climate Change
20% of Britain's Electricity is now from Renewables Despite Tory Hostility

20% of Britain’s Electricity is now from Renewables Despite Tory Hostility

By Joshua S Hill New figures published by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that 19.4% of the UK’s electricity mix […]

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Banking
UN to Detroit: Denial of Water to Thousands 'Violates Human Rights'

UN to Detroit: Denial of Water to Thousands 'Violates Human Rights'

By Sarah Lazare Experts slam city's aggressive drive to disconnect water from residents who are unable to pay United Nations experts declared Wednesday that the […]

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Baghdad Strikes Back:  Al-Maliki Launches Battle for Tikrit

Baghdad Strikes Back: Al-Maliki Launches Battle for Tikrit

By Juan Cole Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki is fighting for his political life as well as for the territorial integrity of Iraq. On Saturday he […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
A Subtle Alchemy: US Finds it easier to Occupy Abroad than to Withdraw

A Subtle Alchemy: US Finds it easier to Occupy Abroad than to Withdraw

By Alan McPherson In 2003, former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld infamously foresaw victory in Afghanistan and Iraq as demanding a “long, hard slog” and […]

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Iraq
Iraqi Mosul's Child Soldiers: ISIS Trickily recruits 10-year-olds

Iraqi Mosul’s Child Soldiers: ISIS Trickily recruits 10-year-olds

niqash | Special Correspondent | Mosul | Much to the horror of the city’s adults, children and teens in masks, carrying guns, are becoming an […]

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Hizbullah
Sunni Radicals of ISIS seek showdown with Lebanon's Hizbullah

Sunni Radicals of ISIS seek showdown with Lebanon’s Hizbullah

By Radwan Mortada The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has decided to instigate a full-scale conflagration in Lebanon. All indications show that the […]

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