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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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Israel/ Palestine
Dear Europe from Gazans

Dear Europe from Gazans

“Dear Europe, sorry about the ash cloud over your heads and that you can’t travel anywhere. We feel just the same.” Gaza

Juan Cole

Iraq
Secret Prison Revelations may Hurt al-Maliki’s bid for Reelection

Secret Prison Revelations may Hurt al-Maliki’s bid for Reelection

The announcement of the discovery of a secret prison in Baghdad where Sunni Arabs suspected of involvement in guerrilla activities were held and sometimes tortured […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Fundamentalist Rally Bombed in Pakistan, Kills two Dozen

Fundamentalist Rally Bombed in Pakistan, Kills two Dozen

Two bombings shook the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing 27 and wounding over 50 persons. Ironically, one bomb hit a rally of […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Anzalone:  The Death of a Caliph

Anzalone: The Death of a Caliph

In a guest opinion piece for Informed Comment, Christopher Anzalone asks if the Reported Killings of the Islamic State of Iraq’s two senior Leaders spell […]

Juan Cole

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Why Economic Sanctions on Iran will Fail

Why Economic Sanctions on Iran will Fail

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said at Columbia U. that a military strike on Iran over its nuclear enrichment activities would be […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Gates Worries about Iranian Nuclear Research, while Khamenei blasts US for Hiroshima

Gates Worries about Iranian Nuclear Research, while Khamenei blasts US for Hiroshima

David Sanger of the New York Times gets the scoop– that US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates sent the White House a memo last January […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Khamenei:  US ‘only’ ‘nuclear criminal’ for Hiroshima

Khamenei: US ‘only’ ‘nuclear criminal’ for Hiroshima

The USG Open Source Center translates the speech on Saturday of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to the attendees of a nuclear security conference in Tehran. […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Differences between Mir Hosain Mousavi and Lady Gaga

Top Ten Differences between Mir Hosain Mousavi and Lady Gaga

Satire alert. Time magazine’s publicists inform me that there is a duke-out going on between Lady Gaga fans and those of Iranian Green Movement leader […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Afghanistan Attacks Leave 13 Dead

Afghanistan Attacks Leave 13 Dead

Attacks in Afghanistan left 13 dead and many more wounded on Thursday. A suicide car bombing near an Afghanistan National Army base in Qandahar left […]

Juan Cole

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