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Nile Valley Water Conflict: Can Egypt live with Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam?
By Dale Whittington | (The Conversation) | - - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, under construction on the Blue Nile near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border, is now approximately 50% complete. Initial…
On Memorial Day, US Troops at War with ISIL near Mosul
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Memorial Day, it is as well to remember that US troops are still at war. Afghanistan is our nation's longest such military…
Fruits of Perseverence: Dem Platform Committee to Feel the Bern
TeleSur | - - The Democratic Party will allow Sanders to have a prominent say in writing its platform this year. The Democratic Party said on Monday it will give U.S. presidential…
Middle East – The Mother of All Humanitarian Crises
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME, May 16 2016 (IPS) - When, in March 2015, delegates from the Middle East met in Amman for their regional consultations…
Caravan Schools and educating Syrian Refugee Children
By Samantha Schmidt | ( Yes | - - In response to overcrowded public schools in countries neighboring Syria, caravan schools provide refugees with free education to keep them from falling behind.…Daesh and Territorial Control Reconsidered
By Michael Degerald | ( History X ISIS ) | - - It might seem strange to open this essay by speaking about circulation and vitality in regard to Daesh [ISIS, ISIL].…5 Years After Revolution, Egyptians See #PanamaPapers as Further Vindication of Mubarak’s Ouster
By Salma Essam | (Global Voices) | - - Among the names contained in the Panama Papers, the enormous trove of confidential documents revealing how the world's elite exploit tax havens, is…
American Bombs Killing Civilians in Yemen, Report Finds
By Nika Knight, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - "One of the deadliest strikes against civilians in Yemen's year-long war involved U.S.-supplied weapons" The year-long campaign of Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen…
Why Are there no Iranian Suicide Bombers? Evolving Islamic Democracy Matters!
By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | - - The emergence of political Islam in the mainstream politics in the Middle East and across other Muslim countries since the 1970s has…
Right-wing Israelis caught trying to enter Al-Aqsa disguised as Muslims
Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli police arrested two right-wing Jewish Israelis on Tuesday after they attempted to sneak into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound disguised as Muslims, locals…
Greenpeace: Hillary Clinton Should Reject Fossil Fuel Money
TeleSur Hillary Clinton told Greenpeace she was going to reject fossil fuel donations yet her campaign has received over US$4.5 million from the industry. The Greenpeace USA activist who rattled Democratic party…
The Trump Doctrine: End NATO, Patrol Mosques, Nukes for Japan & Allies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Anderson Cooper's interview with Donald Trump on Tuesday evening had the advantage of allowing come-backs and close questioning. At one point Cooper pointed…
Momentum: Sanders Sweeps with Huge Wins in Hawaii, Washington and Alaska
TeleSur | - - "I think it is hard for anybody to deny that our campaign has the momentum," Sanders told supporters. Bernie Sanders won all three caucuses held Saturday in the…
Mosul: Are Civilian Deaths in Coalition Airstrikes Reinforcing ISIL’s Hold?
Special Correspondent | Niqash.org | - - An increase in air strikes on Mosul is causing more civilian casualties. Ordinary people live in fear, the Islamic State uses deaths for propaganda and…
Obama in Historic Tour of Old Havana
TeleSur | - - Obama will spend two and half days in Cuba, where he will meet with U.S.-backed activists and attend a baseball game. U.S. President Barack Obama, together with First…
White Terrorist and Muslim-Hater Breivik Sues Norway over ‘Inhumane Treatment’
AJ+ | - - "Anders Breivik's trial over inhumane prison conditions just ended. His more serious complaints include 23-hour isolation, censorship and hundreds of strip searches. In 2011 he killed 77 people…
Has Western intervention prolonged the Syrian Civil War? & has our Press Covered it up?
By Ian Sinclair | ( Open Democracy ) | - - The media keeps saying that the West isn't involved in Syria. This isn't true. “The sinister fact about literary censorship in…
Poll: Trump Barely Has Any Support Among Latinos
TeleSur | - - According to a new poll, more than 80 percent of all Latinos in the U.S. view Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump unfavorably. The popularity of United States Republican…