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Tuesday 25/October/2016 15:07 PM

Can Europe’s banks save the EU?

The multi-billion-dollar fine recently imposed by the US government on Germany’s Deutsche Bank for mis-selling mortgage securities in the United States...

Tuesday 25/October/2016 14:37 PM

Rethinking humanitarian aid in civil wars

In recent months, nongovernmental organisations and journalists have accused the United Nations of bias toward Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s regime...

Monday 24/October/2016 21:39 PM

The system is rigged!

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...

Monday 24/October/2016 14:51 PM

India's dangerous investment gap

India’s celebrated position as the world’s fastest-growing large economy conceals a dangerous weakness: Too few people seem to want to invest in the...

Monday 24/October/2016 14:04 PM

The free-trade miracle

Global free trade provides the greatest opportunity to improve human welfare over the next decade and a half. It has already helped lift more than a billion...

Monday 24/October/2016 13:46 PM

Taking North Korea seriously

We are living in dangerous and uncertain times. The United States is engaged in a bizarre and highly polarized presidential election. Its relationship with...

Sunday 23/October/2016 22:14 PM

United Nations Day

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...

Sunday 23/October/2016 15:16 PM

Why losing candidates should concede

If Donald Trump loses the election and doesn’t concede, it won’t violate the US Constitution. But it would break a tradition of concession that dates...

Sunday 23/October/2016 14:43 PM

What’s blocking gender equality?

One year ago, the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one of which aims for true gender equality by 2030. Empowering women...