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As Oman advances technologically and attracts increasing international investment, its people stand to benefit greatly, particularly through improved education and healthcare. Yet progress always...

Ilan Pappé, an Israeli Jewish historian, argues in his latest book, 'Israel on the Brink', that Israel has reached a moment of profound political and moral danger. He does not call for the...

At a time when conflicts are taking place involving leaders who control nuclear weapons, the mental stability and judgement of those leaders should concern every one of us. Adolf Hitler’s rule led...

The Mecca Pact could become one of the most important constructive political developments in the history of the Middle Eastern region. Signed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, with Bangladesh...

Words matter when they are used to create political conflict. For example, democracy is often used as if it describes one clear political system. In reality, there are many forms of democracy,...

Omanisation is an excellent employment policy. It aims to ensure that citizens benefit directly from the country’s economic growth by increasing their participation in the private sector and...

There is something dishonest about the way phone manufacturers promote their latest models. The advertised improvements, if there are any at all, are slight and the increased price includes the...

The Arab world and its neighbours face a simple choice: build trust with one another or allow division to make every country less secure. From the Gulf to the Levant, from North Africa to the states...

War is prehistoric politics and belongs to the past. It is a crude and foolish way for nations to deal with one another, it cannot produce lasting security. The conflict between the US and Iran will...

Sky News has today reported that OpenAI has revealed that some of its models went rogue and hacked into another artificial intelligence company in an "unprecedented cyber incident.” I often talk to...

Islam teaches that wealth, health and power are trusts from God. They are given to us for a time and judged by how we use them. They are not proof that one person is better than another. The more a...

I visited the Royal Hospital in Oman recently with one clear purpose: to help ensure that a member of my wife’s family, also a dear friend who is very ill, received the best treatment possible. When...

The broadcaster and documentary maker, Sir David Attenborough, who turned 99 on May 8, has spent a lifetime reminding us of a basic truth: every breath we take and every mouthful of food we eat...

Racism must be confronted head on. It is a toxic cancer. If it is left to grow, it destroys societies from the inside by turning neighbours into targets and replacing justice with mob rule. I am...

ASI is a theoretical system that will function on an entirely different scale from current AI, operating with a capacity so advanced that it is as far beyond humans as humans are beyond chimpanzees. ...

Unprovoked military aggression is wrong, crude and uncivilised. It belongs to the past, and those who continue to use violence to pursue their aims will ultimately be buried in that past. I remain...

As a father, I have watched social media hurt my own daughters. I have seen the upset, the fear and the sleepless nights that can follow a cruel post or message. Cyberbullying does not stay online....

“If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.” George Orwell I have lost my lifelong friend, William, and I am struggling to cope with it....

The broadcaster and documentary maker, Sir David Attenborough, who turned 99 on May 8, has spent a lifetime reminding us of a basic truth: every breath we take and every mouthful of food we eat...

The title comes from John Lennon’s song ‘Beautiful Boy’. He was, and still is, one of my heroes and possibly my favourite singer. Tragically, he was murdered on December 8, 1980, in New York...