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In recent years, we have witnessed commendable efforts across the GCC region towards economic diversification, with each country taking steps to lessen the...

The United Nations recently announced that it would help fund Bangladesh’s initiative to move at least some of its Rohingya refugees, who fled Myanmar,...

Once again, the attention of the global business community has turned towards the GCC region following the announcement of Uber’s acquisition of Careem,...

Despite the sustained efforts of nations across the Arab world to boost financial inclusion as an important step for economic diversification, Arab...

In Hanoi, Vietnam, this week for his second summit with US President Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s 35-year-old leader, will not only be looking...

On December 19, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, with 152 votes in...

One month after Juan Guaidó, the speaker of Venezuela’s National Assembly, said he was assuming the powers of the Venezuelan presidency, currently held...

Toward the end of 2018, the United States merged existing development agencies into the new US International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC). With a...

Respectable investors aren’t supposed to say, “This time is different.” But, given the market gyrations in recent months, they would do well to keep...

Upon taking office in January 2017, US President Donald Trump intensified America’s efforts to isolate North Korea. And at first, his administration’s...