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Palestinian Christians Clash with Israeli Soldiers after Sunday Mass over Bethlehem Confiscations
by IMEMC News | - - Palestinian Christians clashed with Israeli forces, following mass on Sunday, when priests and demonstrators marched to protest renewed work on the apartheid wall in the Christian…
ISIL’s Assault on History: Blows Up 1st Century Baal Shamin Temple in Palmyra
RFE / RL | - - Gunmen from the Islamic State (IS) militant group have blown up a first century A.D. temple in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syrian government officials and…
Coal Industry Collapsing in Appalachia, leaving behind Blighted Landscape
By Laura Gottesdiener. | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - In Appalachia, explosions have leveled the mountain tops into perfect race tracks for Ryan Hensley’s all-terrain vehicle (ATV). At least, that’s how the 14-year-old…
The Nuclear Deal has turned Tehran into Diplomatic Capital of Mideast
By Javad Heirannia / Farhang Jahanpour | (Tehran Times) | - - TEHRAN - Farhang Jahanpour, a former Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University, says the confirmation of the nuclear deal between…
Pic of the Day: Palestinians shield Israeli policewoman from stone-throwers
Striking photo of Palestinians shielding Israeli policewoman from stones thrown by settlers. https://t.co/gburzyw8jP pic.twitter.com/8N6hDqgaFl— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) August 2, 2015 N.B. A reader wrote in to say that they were protecting her…
Revealed: The private firms tracking terror targets at heart of US drone wars
By Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black | (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | - - The overstretched US military has hired hundreds of private sector contractors in the heart of its drone…
Has Iran cut off Hamas? Is Hamas turning to Saudi Arabia?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Newsweek is reporting that Iran has cut off funding to Hamas in Gaza, citing Israeli journalism and Hamas sources. Iran's relationship with the…
What can World History teach us about Cooperating against Global Climate Challenge?
By Adrian Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It is ironic, perhaps, but writing a world history, which involves telling hundreds of stories, makes one realize how few truly significant stories…
“The World Has Changed’: Reformist Iranian Press Goes Wild for Vienna Deal
By Mahsa Alimardani | (Global Voices) | - - Almost every front page of Iran's daily newpapers covered the nuclear deal on Wednesday 15 July. Screenshot from www.jaaar.com. Iran's media landscape is…
Afghanistan: The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn’t Ever Work
By William R. Polk | (Informed Comment) | - - The people of Afghanistan at least since the time of Alexander the Great had repeatedly and violently demonstrated their determination not to…
50 Egyptian Soldiers, others, Killed in Daesh Sinai Rebellion
Aljazeera International | Video Report | - - "At least 35 people killed as ISIL group attacks police posts in Sheikh Zuweid and El-Arish.Al Jazeera's Omar Saleh reports." At the same time,…
The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So I am going to tell you a story about Turkey, Syria and the United States. It may or may not be true.…
Climate Change-Driven Drought in Karachi hits Poor Hardest
By Zofeen Ebrahim | {Inter Press Service) | - - KARACHI (IPS) - Over 950 people have perished in just five days. The morgues, already filled to capacity, are piling up with…
What South Carolina needs to do for Racial equality (taking down the flag is just symbolic)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - - Governor Nikki Haley announced on Monday that she would attempt to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse, recognizing the pain…
PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel
By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | - - Continuing his assault on transparency and independent voices in the media, Prime Minister Netanyahu denied investigative journalist Raviv Drucker’s Freedom of Information Law…
Pope to Developed World: Greed is Causing Climate Change, Inequality
Jon Queally, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - Leader of Catholic Church says the richest owe the poorest a 'great social debt' for creating the climate crisis, ignoring warnings…
Another White non-Terrorist Kills 9, Makes Bomb Threats
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Update: Suspected shooter Dylann Roof has been apprehended. He had a gun with him at the time. It is being alleged that he…
Wind Power rapidly bringing Clean Electricity to masses in Global South
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Google is in talks to invest in Kenya's enormous Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, which will cost $700 million. The project will increase…