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Risk To Life vs Jobs: A Dilemma Facing Indians In War Zones
Free Press Journal
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June 28, 2025
Last week, we spoke of bombs and ballistic missiles as a fierce air war raged between Iran and Israel. This week, the conversation turned, almost incongruously, to tourist hotspots in conflict-scarred neighbourhoods. “The Dead Sea is beautiful,”...
History Unlearned? Why Airstrikes Alone Won’t Stop a Nuclear Iran
19FortyFive
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July 1, 2025
In October 2024, Iran threatened to abandon the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and pursue a nuclear weapon if attacked by Israel. If history and early assessments of Israeli and U.S. strikes are any indication, Iran was not bluffing. It is...
Former Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Oraby in exclusive interview discusses Iran/Israel war and path to peace
Egypt Independent
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June 29, 2025
Amid a world in upheaval — politically, economically, and regionally — the Middle East stands at a crossroads. More than a year has passed since the genocidal war in Gaza erupted, with no conceivable end in sight. The conflict has spread: to...
Vijay Prashad: Beyond ‘Green Capitalism’
Consortium News
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June 27, 2025
The term “Anthropocene” implies that humans — as an undifferentiated whole — have created the ecological crisis. This downplays the role of the capitalist system and its class and national divides. Rebecca Lee Kunz, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma,...
Bombing our way to peace will not secure lasting nuclear deal
Irish Examiner
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July 1, 2025
In 1966, the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, France, and China not only were the only countries that possessed nuclear weapons, they also had enough wisdom to recognise the dangers posed by nuclear proliferation.Despite their many and...
Nine things to know about the 2025 travel ban and new challenges for immigrants in Minnesota
Sahan Journal - Minnesota
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July 1, 2025
Stay informed. Sign up for Sahan Sunday, our weekly newsletter with Minnesota news you need to know. This story is provided to you free of charge. We’re glad you're here! If fair, free journalism matters to you, please support us! On June 5, the...
The greater Israel project: Is Pakistan next on the list?
Sabah
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June 29, 2025
Are we on the brink of a wider regional conflict following the fresh round of Israel-Iran confrontation? It is possible that this conflict will restart later because global powers have high stakes in the region. Momentarily, Israel and the U.S....
Pak–Africa Relations: Historical ...
The Nation
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July 1, 2025
Pakistan’s historical ties with Africa provide a strategic foundation to enhance engagement through mutually beneficial partnerships in trade, development, and security. Since 1947, Pakistan has supported colonised nations, particularly in Africa,...
Abdul Qadeer Khan created nuclear weapons for Pakistan and almost for Iran and North Korea.
Babel
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Babel employs over 20 people. It’s not a very large newsrook, but not a startup either. We are publishing on the website, YouTube, Telegram channel, and TikTok. We have deliberately abandoned the easiest ways to earn money (like by advertising...
British government’s Strategic Defence Review hypes war threat against China
Friends of Socialist China
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June 29, 2025
The British government published its new “defence” strategy on June 2. According to a summary carried by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), it “aims to put a ‘stronger, more lethal’ Nato at the forefront of British defence plans as the country...
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Why do nations acquire nukes? Decoding Iran’s dilemma
Firstpost
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July 1, 2025
Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, tweeted during the Iran-Israel conflict, ‘Iran must never acquire the bomb.’ She subsequently welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire by Trump and added, ‘We call on Iran to engage...
This look inside the B-2 Bomber is so detailed it should be classified
We Are The Mighty
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June 24, 2025
Get We Are The Mighty’s Weekly Newsletter Military culture and entertainment direct to your inbox with zero chance of a ‘Reply All’ incident Air Force pilots of the 1980s-era stealthy B-2 Spirit bomber plan to upgrade and fly the aircraft on...
COLUMNIST: What to do about the War Powers Act?
Ludington Daily News - Michigan
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The Ford Edsel. New Coke. The Sony Betamax. Theranos. Google Glass. Yugoslavia. The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies. The “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” musical. The War Powers Act. Of the many great ideas that turned into colossal duds, the War Powers Act...
Mark Steyn, Cole Porter and Free Speech
Quadrant
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July 1, 2025
I’m cruising down New England country lanes that criss-cross towns that look like Norman Rockwell theme parks—on my way to find Mark Steyn—but I’m not allowed to tell you exactly where I am. My destination is the equivalent of a military bunker—a...
Malians Report Torture at Prisons Run by Russian Mercenaries
Africa Defense Forum
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July 1, 2025
Since arriving in Mali almost four years ago, Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries have kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured hundreds of Malian civilians in conjunction with the country’s ruling junta. Some of those captured were held for ransom before...
Israel's dangerous delusions
The Express Tribune
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July 1, 2025
Listen to article Israeli leader Netanyahu launched the war he has been planning for the last 20 years against Iran on 13 June. This aggression is a critical part of his ambition for a "Greater Israel", the Zionist project for regional hegemony....
Trump’s Path to World Peace: American Strength and Economic Partnership
American Thinker
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June 30, 2025
Despite having overseen both the obliteration of Iran’s nuclear ambition and a cessation of hostilities in a war that had been raging between Isreal and Iran for nearly two weeks, President Trump is not being treated to any of the requisite...
Carlos Alcaraz faces tricky opener in Wimbledon title defence
The National News
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Carlos Alcaraz will start his Wimbledon defence against the dangerous Fabio Fognini while world number one Jannik Sinner faces a potential semi-final clash against Novak Djokovic following Friday's draw. On the women's side, reigning champion...
Starvation and Profiteering in Gaza: Talking with Francesca Albanese
CounterPunch
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June 30, 2025
Photograph Source: Syeda Amina Trust – CC BY 2.0 There is not much more that can be said about the unfathomable levels of devastation the genocide in Gaza has reached. Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied...
NATO backs the anti-China war drive – Diane Abbott
Friends of Socialist China
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July 1, 2025
In the following article, which was originally published by the Morning Star, Diane Abbott sounds a warning that, “Europe is acquiescing in Trump’s manoeuvrings – where Europe takes over the US forever war in Ukraine while Washington gets ready...