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Saudi Social and Economic Changes Require a Delicate Balancing Act (James M. Dorsey, BESA Center)

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s vision for the kingdom’s future will have to toe a fine line between redefining the Saudi social contract...

ISIS and Its War on the Taliban (Galit Truman Zinman, BESA Center)

The attack by ISIS on Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul at the end of August targeted both the American “crusaders” and the Taliban,...

North Korea says it tested hypersonic missile (Al Jazeera)

The weapon North Korea fired off its east coast on Tuesday morning was a newly-developed hypersonic missile, state media said, in the latest advance...

‘Death knell’: Afghan journalists fear new Taliban media rules (Al Jazeera)

In spite of Taliban promises of a “free and independent” media, journalists and media workers have faced detention, physical abuse and torture since the group took...

Disappointed by the US, Turkey cautiously looks to Russia (Resul Serdar Atas, Al Jazeera)

After US President Joe Biden refused to grant a one-on-one meeting with his Turkish counterpart on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),...

China’s top economic planner vows to prioritize coal transportation to secure supply (Global Times)

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner vowed on Wednesday that railway companies and responsible authorities should prioritize the coal...

COMAC predicts China to become world’s largest aviation market by 2040 (Global Times)

China's major plane manufacturer predicts that China's fleet size will reach 9,957 by 2040, accounting for 22 percent of the global passenger aircraft fleet,...

Huawei founder urges to recruit more foreign talent through North America research center (Global Times)

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said in a company internal memo that the company should recruit more foreign talent and turn its North America research...

China provides most outward foreign direct investment to the world: statistic (Global Times)

China's outward foreign direct investment in 2020 hit $153.71 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.3 percent and ranking the first place in the world,...

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