Trump defends war with Iran despite election defeat
US President Donald Trump conceded on Wednesday that rising fuel prices caused by the Iran war were one reason for the defeat of Republicans in the midterm elections, but defended his decision to attack Iran. Trump told journalists in Washington that he agreed with the assessment of his Vice President JD Vance, who had described the war as the reason for the election defeat. At the same time, he defended his decision to go to war with Iran, saying if he were faced with the same choice again,...
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Oman has spent decades learning to keep buildings cool beneath a punishing sun. In the Netherlands, buildings designed to hold warmth are increasingly confronting summer heat they were never built to release. At the Dutch Embassy’s Energy Majlis this week, I offered that reversal to the room: why should we assume knowledge must travel in only one direction? The roles we give countries begin as descriptions and harden into expectations. In the familiar script, Oman supplies; Europe invents....
There are moments in a researcher’s life that quietly reshape the way history is understood. They arrive without ceremony, revealing themselves only through experience. One such moment came when I entered the Bristol Archives expecting to consult only a handful of documents relating to the history of the Sultanate of Oman. Several minutes later,...
Bidiya in North Al Sharqiyah Governorate hosted the 17th Poetry and Folk Heritage Forum, bringing together poets, researchers and enthusiasts of traditional Omani arts to celebrate the Sultanate’s cultural heritage and support its preservation for future generations. The two-day event featured poetry evenings, exchanges of verses and impromptu...
