Is international terrorism a thing of the past?

Dr.salem alketbi סאלם אל-כתבי

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RSF ranks Turkey 158th in new press freedom index, underreports number of jailed journalists turkishminute.com/2024/05/03/rsf…

Students participating in the Gaza Solidarity Encampments at universities across the country are being taught to become militants, according to nine manuals obtained by The Free Press.

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NEW: Biden administration officials are increasingly worried that rogue Russian soldiers in Niger will take actions to antagonize U.S. troops in the country, forcing the U.S. to respond. Erin Banco politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

In another case, a 45-year-old man remarked how, since receiving the heart of a 17-year-old boy, he loves to put on headphones and listen to loud music – something he had never done before the transplant.

American universities have been the site of mass protests for decades. However, there are some key differences between the current student-led pro-Palestinian protests and past ones like the anti-Vietnam war demonstrations:

Twenty-five years after Jordan removed Hamas' leadership from its territory, there is a chance it will be forced to recognize it in a 'new PLO' should Abbas Palestinian Authority fail to assume control of Gaza at the end of the war / Zvi Bar'el
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Qatar-Hamas coming to a head this weekend >>>

Stop blaming Canada. Focus on your own country of India. Fight the growing fascism, caste politics and disease.

Türkiye: Alarming Surge in Arrests of Kurdish Journalists buff.ly/3y28Rer

China's strategic alignment of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor (TITR)—also called the Middle Corridor—with its ambitious transcontinental BRI, is now focused around Azerbaijan, a country where the East meets the West.

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'Landmark' talks between Turkey’s opposition leader, Erdogan spark hopes for reform al-monitor.com/originals/2024… via Al-Monitor

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Tragic. The heavy rain is symptomatic of climate change.

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My latest for Al-Monitor

' #India appears poised to sign a comprehensive trade agreement with #Oman in a matter of weeks, as it moves to expand its foothold in the #MiddleEast .'

With comments by Dr. Theodore Karasik
Ashok Swain
and Naveed Ali Sheikh

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A wild orangutan treated a wound with medicine from a tropical plant in Indonesia, just like people would do to treat pain and inflammation. Scientists also observed Rakus use a chewed plant to cover the open wound like a makeshift bandage.

Where do your old mobile phones and TVs go to die?

Dandora sits on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, and is home to one of the largest dump sites in East Africa.

Presented by Michael Kaloki

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On PBS PBS NewsHour (May 3, 2024) I discussed the continued threat of ISIS, for New Lines Institute. Reporting by Leila Molana-Allen. youtu.be/OTSmM2BAsBo?fe…

We'll wait. Impatiently, but we'll wait.

One thing conclusive can be said - if the deal is signed, it will only be thanks to unprecedented American pressure, and in spite Netanyahu's frantic attempts to sabotage it.

📌One reason for the surge in terrorist activity in various parts of the world, including West Africa, is surely the declining interest in combating this scourge and the intensifying international conflicts that have divided the major powers.

Dr.salem alketbi סאלם אל-כתבי…