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Oman, unlike many other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, is lagging behind, when it comes to the shopping mall culture. Barring a couple of malls...

After two and a half years without a president, Lebanon’s Parliament has elected Michel Aoun to the post. Now, Lebanon can turn its attention to oil and...

On October 19, South African President Jacob Zuma’s government delivered documents to the United Nations (UN) signaling its intent to withdraw from the...

India’s tax system is among the most complex of the world -- 157th, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, with about 33 different payments...

The results of a new Pew Research Centre poll on politics and climate change surprised even some of those who study public attitudes toward science....

If Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election on Tuesday, she will be under no illusions about what awaits. Even if Donald Trump is defeated, the...

In December 2013, the Nobel laureate physicist Peter Higgs told The Guardian that if he were seeking a job in academia today, “I don’t think I would be...

Mainstream politics, by definition, is ill equipped to imagine fundamental change. But last December in Paris, 196 governments agreed on the need to limit...

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Are the West’s ‘Save Libya’ meetings really about saving Libya? For months it has been obvious to everyone, except a handful of stubborn Western...