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Oklahoma imam says coexistence the only way to peace in Jerusalem

August 8, 2017 By Mark Maxey

Voices committed to co-existence like Imam Imad Enchassi are hard to come by, but are needed if conflict around holy places like Al Aqsa are going to be resolved.

Cities mark Hiroshima Day with urgent calls to abolish nuclear weapons

August 7, 2017 By Joelle Fishman

This hell is not a thing of the past. As long as nuclear weapons exist and policymakers threaten their use, their horror could leap into our present at any moment.

Macron on the throne: New French president takes neoliberal path

August 3, 2017 By Tom Gill

When King Emmanuel falters, do we really want Marine Le Pen at the guillotine?

Venezuela Constituent Assembly elections held despite warnings from Trump

July 31, 2017 By Emile Schepers

In spite of threats from the Trump administration, the scheduled elections for Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly were held Sunday, July 30.

The tortured politics behind the Persian Gulf crisis

July 27, 2017 By Conn Hallinan

The splintering of the powerful Gulf Cooperation Council into warring camps has less to do with disagreements over foreign policy and religion than with internal political and economic developments in the Middle East.