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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

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

01/30/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

01/30/2026 By Tom Engelhardt

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Environment
Dear Climate Change Deniers

Dear Climate Change Deniers

Dear Climate Change Deniers: This summer, Russia, a former icebox, is so hot that it is actually on fire. A third of Pakistan is affected […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Book of the Day:  Midnight on the Mavi Marmara

Book of the Day: Midnight on the Mavi Marmara

Book of the Day: Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and How It Changed the Course of the Israel/Palestine […]

Juan Cole

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An Israeli Attack on Iran would reduce Barack Obama to a One-Term President

An Israeli Attack on Iran would reduce Barack Obama to a One-Term President

What should a poor warmongering Neoconservative do? This political grouping includes WASPS such as former CIA director James Woolsey and former UN ambassor John Bolton, […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
500,000 evacuated from Jacobabad as Floodwaters head toward Sindh

500,000 evacuated from Jacobabad as Floodwaters head toward Sindh

As Pakistan’s massive flooding continues, Some 500,000 people have been forced to evacuate the Sindhi city of Jacobabad, suddenly finding themselves homeless. Ordinarily this sort […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Kurdish General Again Insubordinate, Angles for US to Remain in Iraq

Kurdish General Again Insubordinate, Angles for US to Remain in Iraq

The public statement by Iraqi chief of staff Lt. General Babakr Zebari , at a defense conference that the Iraqi army would not be ready […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
6 Million Pakistanis need Immediate Aid as 1/3 of Country is Submerged

6 Million Pakistanis need Immediate Aid as 1/3 of Country is Submerged

I can barely believe the words I am writing are not a nightmare from which I will soon wake up. A third of Pakistan is […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Portugal’s Green Energy Revolution and the true Cost of Gas, Coal and Oil

Portugal’s Green Energy Revolution and the true Cost of Gas, Coal and Oil

Don’t miss Elisabeth Rosenthal’s important and well-written piece at NYT on Portugal’s energy policy. With remarkable clarity given the potentially technical subject matter, she explains […]

Juan Cole

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Cutting off Aid to the Lebanese Army Hurts US Interests

Cutting off Aid to the Lebanese Army Hurts US Interests

The Israel lobby in the US Congress is trying to hold up US military assistance to Lebanon after last week’s exchange of fire at the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
2 Marines Killed, Base Attacked in Afghanistan;<br> Civilian Surge in Doubt

2 Marines Killed, Base Attacked in Afghanistan;
Civilian Surge in Doubt

A prisoner trying to escape a US detention center in southern Afghanistan grabbed a gun and killed two US Marines before being cut down. The […]

Juan Cole

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