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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...

Oman continues to offer something precious: a society held together by family, faith and strong communities. That is not a romantic slogan, but a real social strength: one that deserves recognition...

In the UK, suicide rates have not risen simply because the population has grown. Over the past century, the population increased steadily while suicide rates rose and fell with social change. From...

When I was studying French at university I read Voltaire’s Candide for the first time, and I have never quite forgotten it. Voltaire was a famous author and political analyst. I was struck by...

Israel’s politics are driven above all by security. It is the yardstick by which most voters judge competing parties. For most Israelis, the case for a two-state solution is not a moral argument; it...

There are times when world events stop feeling distant and affect your personal life. War does that. Political loyalties do too. And you may have to reconsider friendships which conflict with your...

Trump’s existential threats against Iran, together with Israel’s decision to launch this illegal and unprovoked war against Iran, have left diplomacy badly damaged and made an early end to the...

The title of this article is taken from Edwin Starr’s song 'War' recorded in 1970. The lyrics continue by answering this question with 'absolutely nothing, stand up and shout...