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Saturday 13/February/2016 15:25 PM

Europe on the sidelines

The liberal international order that has helped stabilize the world since the end of the Cold War is under strain. A revanchist Russia, chaos in the Middle...

Saturday 13/February/2016 15:02 PM

Solidarity with sharks

It has long been said that we know more about the Moon than we do about the oceans. After all, 12 people have walked on the surface of the Moon, but only...

Saturday 13/February/2016 14:44 PM

Vaccines versus superbugs

The outbreak of the Zika virus, like Ebola before it, has highlighted the risk that infectious diseases can pose to the health of entire countries – and...

Friday 12/February/2016 19:10 PM

#OmanPride: Golden Ghubra

Muscat: This is not a clip of the Hollywood blockbuster but it is a picture of Ghubra taken by Pradipta Chakraborty during evening. The spic and span roads...

Friday 12/February/2016 17:40 PM

Cricket: Advantage Australia on Day One

Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja hammered home the advantage their bowlers had established when they took Australia to 147-3, a deficit of just 36 runs, at the...

Friday 12/February/2016 16:14 PM

.Open Minds forum concludes in Oman

Muscat: Speakers for the final day of the .Open Minds were Ghassan Fadhil, Caricaturist Matt Ryder, Col Abdulwahab Al Balushi and Standup comedian along...

Wednesday 10/February/2016 22:55 PM

What would founders say about assault weapons?

The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has struck down Maryland’s law regulating assault weapons, creating a split with the 2nd Circuit, which upheld...

Wednesday 10/February/2016 22:51 PM

The neglected probation system

There are approximately 90,000 people incarcerated in the prisons of Pakistan including men, women, juveniles, minors with their mothers and so on. All...