President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has never let a crisis go to waste, hopes to use money and the need for reconstruction after the quake—not jail sentences—to prevail in this month’s election. But a …
Increasing vulnerability will force Pakistan deeper into debt, say speakers at seminar on US-Pak relations
Speakers at a seminar on US-Pakistan relations argued that increasing vulnerability will force Pakistan deeper into debt. The speakers urged the US to help Pakistan rebuild its ailing economy, …
The Looting of Timor-Leste’s Oil Wealth
Timor-Leste may have fought off two foreign invaders only to have its independence sold off by its own leaders. In development speak, a “white elephant” is a building project that is extremely …
Qatar positions itself as trade and investment hub in MENA
Doha: Global investors continue to be optimistic about property financing as Qatar plays a significant role in the Middle East and North Africa …
Volunteers install 200 free smoke alarms across homes in Lebanon
The American Red Cross and Lebanon City Fire Department also teamed up today to share safety tips with families.
DeSantis, in Israel, signs bill curbing hate speech on private property
A new law now in effect in Florida makes it a crime to distribute flyers onto private property with hate speech in them, or project hateful messages onto private property without permission.
Guess the new Human Rights Watch director’s first target. Yup: Israel
Last week, HRW co-signed an open letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, calling on him to reject the working definition of anti-Semitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance …
Cambodia finalises plans for 150 infrastructure projects
Cambodia is currently in the process of finalising the Comprehensive Intermodal Transport Master Plan 2022-2030 (CIT-MP), which includes plans for 150 hard and soft infrastructure development projects …
Kim Jong Un’s sister warned US-South Korea plan risks ‘serious danger’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister warned Saturday that a US-South Korean agreement aimed at strengthening deterrence against Pyongyang will lead to “more serious danger”, state media …
4 ways to find out if a property developer is trustworthy
Which property development should you look at … the government agency responsible for housing in Malaysia, has several blacklists you could check, including: developers without a licence …