The Department of Defense report on the Israeli-US war on Iran admits that it has been costly, has seen extensive destruction of US facilities…
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 19th century American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan stressed that a great maritime empire needn’t control…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday instructed his military to seize fully 70% of the Gaza Strip, according to Al Jazeera. According to…
The Islamabad negotiations between the U.S. and Iran ended early Sunday without a comprehensive agreement. Vice President J. D. Vance blamed the breakdown in…
The Algerian newspaper al-Masa’ reports that on December 24, the Algerian parliament passed a law recognizing French colonialism in that country, 1830-1962, as…
Richard Black and other analysts at the Ember energy consultancy find that all new electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025 was met…
We live in a time when a once level-headed anti-populist politician such as J. D. Vance has increasingly adopted the language of white nationalism,…
Amnesty International concludes that, over a month after a ceasefire was agreed upon in Gaza and all living Israeli hostages were returned, the…
In late October, Hurricane Melissa (that should have been called “Godzilla”) battered western Jamaica with 185-mile-an-hour winds. It tossed the roofs of buildings about…
UNICEF, the United Nations Children Fund says it is attempting to begin a catch-up campaign of immunization in the Gaza Strip for…
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