While the BBC is soon to reduce its substantial staff of foreign correspondents, CNN International has just announced plans to increase its number of foreign reporters by 10 percent.

CNN International, which is owned by Time Warner, said it would invest almost $10 million to add 15 or 16 correspondents to its staff of 150.

The centerpiece of the investment, says CNN, will be the expansion of its bureau in the United Arab Emirates. CNN will also hire staff or stringers in Afghanistan, Belgium, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, and Vietnam.

The move comes as part of a multimillion-dollar investment to increase its ability to produce its own international reports, and not to rely so much on reproducing reports from other organizations such as Britain’s ITN and Channel 4 news.

The announcement comes two months after CNN said it would not renew its contract to receive news from Reuters.

Even after its forthcoming cuts, the BBC, with its distinct anti-American and anti-Israel tilt, will remain the world’s largest broadcaster.