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AI development should be innovative

AI development should be innovative

There is now a division in the artificial intelligence development track. Closed-source or open-weight? The choice of AI model is really a choice...

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Five years after Saied’s power grab, Tunisians are no better off

Five years after Saied’s power grab, Tunisians are no better off

On July 27, 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied suspended parliament in what was then considered the Arab world’s only functioning constitutional...

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Five decades of Israeli covert strategy to push US, Iran into confrontation

Five decades of Israeli covert strategy to push US, Iran into confrontation

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to meet US President Donald Trump, there is good reason to expect that he will use the meeting...

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Israel and the cost paradox of the Iran war

Israel and the cost paradox of the Iran war

Abdulla Banndar Al-Etaibi Since the breakout of war on February 28, the US-Israeli conflict with Iran has been framed as an existential for Tel Aviv...

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UK’s Burnham prioritizes domestic focus

Andy Burnham’s first few days in Downing Street involved extensive introductory phone calls with world leaders. However, the UK’s new prime...

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Israeli election will be the most toxic in its history

From the moment the sixth Benjamin Netanyahu government — and, one hopes, the last — was formed, the only question given its personalities,...

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Kyiv damaged Russia’s credibility

This summer, none of our friends or relatives still in Russia will holiday in Crimea. Many continued doing so after Russia’s full-scale invasion,...

24.07.2026 10

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Escalating crisis calls for renewed diplomacy

Escalating crisis calls for renewed diplomacy

The Middle East is once again at the precipice of a catastrophic escalation of conflict, with the Red Sea becoming the focal point of the expanding...

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In India, fear has switched sides

In India, fear has switched sides

Twelve years, one month and 24 days after Narendra Modi was sworn in, the words “Modi must resign” were uttered full-throatedly for the first time...

23.07.2026 10

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Pakistan has joined China’s AI body. Now comes the hard part

Pakistan has joined China’s AI body. Now comes the hard part

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar spent last week in a Shanghai signing room, putting Pakistan’s name to the founding charter of the World Artificial...

23.07.2026 20

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The Gulf’s AI economy won’t wait for Pakistan

Earlier this year Pakistan crossed a milestone it had chased for a decade: its freelancers earned a record $1.76 billion, up 78 percent in a single...

22.07.2026 20

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America’s decades-old bipartisan consensus on Israel has been shattered

America’s decades-old bipartisan consensus on Israel has been shattered

Last week, more than 100 House Democrats voted to cut off military aid to Israel. Though the amendment failed because some Democrats and almost all...

22.07.2026 10

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Syrian people must not be failed again

Syrian people must not be failed again

Syria has weighed on my mind for a long time: 15 years of trauma for its people and 15 years of failure in international engagement. I was directly...

22.07.2026 10

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Fighting while talking won’t benefit EU

Fighting while talking won’t benefit EU

The joint statement released after a meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday shows the...

22.07.2026 10

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Washington’s bullying of Europe hypocritical

Washington’s bullying of Europe hypocritical

The US State Department’s latest proposals reported by the Financial Times on Sunday to finance “free speech” initiatives across Europe with...

22.07.2026 20

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A turning point for African industrialization

Africa’s richest person, the Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, has built the world’s largest single-train oil refinery in Lekki, on the...

20.07.2026 20

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The Frontier Post

Europe should look to Africa for heatwave solutions

Wole Hammond and Ellen Davies As Europe faces repeated, dangerous heatwaves, the question is no longer whether rich countries need climate adaptation....

18.07.2026 20

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Silicon valley didn’t buy democracy, it rented the ballot

Silicon valley didn’t buy democracy, it rented the ballot

Venture capital once exercised much of its political influence through lobbying and conventional campaign donations. Now some of its biggest players...

18.07.2026 20

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Political stability must for economic stability

It is absolutely true that political stability is extremely important for economic stability. The political situation in Pakistan has taken a very...

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Macron gives Syria’s reconstruction a vital boost

French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus last week was the first by an EU head of state since the fall of the Assad government in 2024....

17.07.2026 20

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The Church of England has taken a long-overdue step on Palestine

The General Synod of the Church of England has committed itself to engaging seriously with major statements and appeals by Palestinian Christians,...

17.07.2026 20

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Yemen is edging closer to renewed confrontation

In the space of just a few days, Yemen appeared to be slipping out of its fragile de-escalation and back into the heart of regional tensions. The...

16.07.2026 20

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‘Safe passage’: The fatal ambiguity at the heart of the Hormuz MoU

Barely three weeks into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) meant to end a war, the United States is once again blockading Iranian ports, the two...

16.07.2026 20

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I served in Balochistan. It’s time to admit what isn’t working

When I joined the Police Service of Pakistan in 1988, my first posting as ASP was in Ziarat, Balochistan. Newly married, I jokingly called it my...

16.07.2026 30

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What AI governance demands

One way to represent the artificial intelligence age is with a steep curve and a gradual slope. The curve rises almost vertically: models rapidly grow...

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Even if the Iran war ends, the next fossil fuel shock is already on its way

Mads Flarup Christensen As hostilities between the United States and Iran reignite, global attention has shifted again to the immediate risks of the...

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For kids, a ‘boring’ summer can be exciting of all

The Fourth of July has come and gone, and for many families, summer has reached its sweet spot. The pools are open. The bikes are out. Library reading...

15.07.2026 30

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The Frontier Post

Netanyahu’s real strategy for Gaza

Here is the bottom line: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of ordering an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, either before his country’s...

14.07.2026 50

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Hostilities risk sprawling out-of-control

Barely weeks after the United States and Iran signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, an interim deal intended to end hostilities and create...

14.07.2026 30

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Degrees help qualify — skills help you rise

The world is changing faster than ever-and today’s rapid pace may soon seem slow compared to what’s coming next. The disruptive technologies are...

13.07.2026 20

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The Frontier Post

Are the US and Iran back to square one?

For all the hard work invested in trying to negotiate a lasting peace settlement, the latest upsurge in violence between Iran and the US does not bode...

13.07.2026 30

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The architect of Qatari autonomy

For most of its modern history, Qatar was a place that things happened to. It was a quiet peninsula prized for its energy resources and consulted...

12.07.2026 30

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The Frontier Post

The US is building a new pressure architecture against Iran

Was Trump’s presence at the NATO summit in Turkiye, amid escalating anti-Iranian rhetoric and orders to attack Iran, simply participation in a...

11.07.2026 30

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The Frontier Post

Ankara NATO summit reveals push for stronger Gulf ties

On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8, NATO foreign ministers and top Gulf officials held a special session to discuss the...

11.07.2026 40

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Indus Water Treaty matters: Signpost to catastrophe

The Indus Waters Treaty between Pakistan and India, applauded by the world for decades as the gold standard for water sharing, is under threat of...

09.07.2026 30

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The Frontier Post

Is inflation really decreasing?

Rulers are claiming that inflation has decreased. Through attractive statistics, they are trying to show that inflation has come down. According to a...

09.07.2026 40

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Restore voting rights for former prisoners

Here at Shawangunk Correctional Facility, a small maximum security prison in upstate New York, I am part of a nine-month reentry programme called...

08.07.2026 30

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The Responsibility to Protect doctrine can be resurrected

The United Nations General Assembly met yesterday at its headquarters in New York to discuss the responsibility to protect (R2P) doctrine and the...

07.07.2026 30

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1,000 days of carnage in Gaza

Do you know anyone who seriously imagined that Israel’s onslaught in Gaza that recommenced on Oct. 7, 2023, would last 1,000 days? That was yet...

07.07.2026 40

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The pitfalls of institutionalising US military aid to Israel

US Senator Tom Cotton and pro-Israel allies are pursuing problematic legislation that has largely gone under the radar of most mainstream media. If...

07.07.2026 30

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Old playbook makes NATO destabilizer

As the two-day North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit starts in Ankara, Turkiye, on Tuesday, the internal fractures within the transatlantic...

07.07.2026 40

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Ukraine is flexing its drone muscles and winning the asymmetric war against Russia

Recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries have forced several facilities to suspend operations for maintenance. In response, Moscow has...

06.07.2026 30

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The Frontier Post

The Real AI Skills Gap

Artificial intelligence is reshaping different industries across the world but there is no even access to digital knowledge. To make sure that...

06.07.2026 40

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Why Americans are wary of AI

Most Americans are skeptical and fearful of artificial intelligence, with public concern rising even faster than chatbot adoption. According to the...

05.07.2026 30

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Release Dr Hussam Abu Safia immediately!

Dr Hussam Abu Safia’s life is in imminent danger. This is what his lawyer Nasser Odeh said after visiting him on Thursday in an underground...

05.07.2026 30

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The Frontier Post

In South Asia, America has stopped asking India for permission

Last month, the United States military renamed its Indo-Pacific Command back to Pacific Command. The Pentagon claimed it was just a return of history,...

05.07.2026 40

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Anti-immigrant protests in South Africa

This week, South Africa has been rocked by protests that have caught the world’s attention. These have been led by anti-immigration civic groups...

05.07.2026 30

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Migration, Brexit, and Starmer’s exit

British politics – and I say this as someone who’s had a lifelong fascination with it – used to be a fairly predictable affair, even, some would...

04.07.2026 40

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How to train today’s youth to thrive in the AI era

As we transition into the early stages of the artificial intelligence-driven era, it is important to discern and cultivate skills that will underpin...

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The need to restore the Gulf front

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed The Arab Gulf states face security and existential challenges that may be greater than anything they have experienced before,...

03.07.2026 40

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