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Somaliland: Mixed motivations
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/01/2026
» Last week Israel was the first country in the world to establish diplomatic relations with Somaliland. Not Somalia, a wreck of a country on the East African coast that has been mired in civil war for the past thirty-five years, but Somaliland, a different country just north of there that has been peaceful, relatively prosperous and even democratic for all those years.
Saudi price war looks like unspoken gift to Trump
News, Ron Bousso, Published on 16/05/2025
» Oil barely garnered a mention from US President Donald Trump during his glitzy visit to Saudi Arabia this week. But the black gold may explain why the trip went so smoothly.
Five Thais set to return home Saturday
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/02/2025
» The five Thais recently released after being held hostage by the Palestinian militant group Hamas for over a year, will arrive home on Saturday, according to Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa.
Freed Thai hostages 'never gave up hope'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/02/2025
» Five Thai hostages recently freed by Hamas said they never lost hope and did everything they could to stay as healthy as possible during their captivity.
Saudi-Thai council talks open soon
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 11/01/2025
» Thailand will host the 1st Saudi-Thai Coordination Council on Thursday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
Syria needs another miracle for peace to stay
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/12/2024
» They're still celebrating the miraculous fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, and the killing has stopped in Syria except for parts of the north, east and south. So what are the odds that the man whose fighters brought down the regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa, can bring peace, prosperity and even democracy to Syria?
Rebel win to reshape Syria's fragile future
News, John J. Metzler, Published on 12/12/2024
» The Assad family dictatorship, which ran Syria for 53 years and withstood 13 years of bitter civil war, collapsed in just over a week. A sweeping series of Islamic rebel attacks, starting in late November, captured key cities from Aleppo in the north to Homs and Hama, which fell like dominos, creating an unstoppable military momentum on the road to Damascus.
Why do some countries prosper while others falter?
News, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 06/11/2024
» Why have some countries grown rich and others not? The three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences -- Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A Robinson -- offer a simple answer: institutions. Countries with "inclusive" institutions -- which underpin an open society, accountable government, economic freedom, and the rule of law -- do better than those with "extractive" institutions that reward those in power.
More leaders congratulate new PM
News, Published on 22/08/2024
» More foreign leaders have continued extending congratulations to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
AI could help eliminate tuberculosis
News, Mohammed Yassin, Published on 25/03/2024
» Groundbreaking new technologies seem to be emerging with increasing frequency nowadays. Since its launch in November 2022, OpenAI's generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, has become a global sensation, attracting more than 100 million users and inspiring numerous imitators. The technology's fast-evolving capabilities have also commanded the attention of world leaders, dominating discussions at both COP28 in Dubai and the annual meeting of the WEF in Davos.