Opinion

MUSCAT: The government must stop dragging its feet and speed up the privatisation process by launching Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) for its various...

It may seem funny to Americans when the rulers of Russia speak in condescending terms about the workings of US democracy. Many laughed along when Hillary...

Asia is facing a human-capital challenge. Over the last three decades, significant gains in workforce size and quality helped Asia to become a hub of global...

This weekend, Sunday the 17th January to be precise, will mark the international community’s day of infamy, as it tries to push through a new Libyan...

The sporting world’s attention is riveted on Mohammad Amir’s compelling comeback even though on Friday, for starters, the stats did not quite do justice...

The most primal scene in American politics is a debate stage, where candidates wrestle in rhetorical mud for dominance. Of course, when the candidates are...

The narrative about Silicon Valley disrupting the auto industry has a flaw: The likes of Google probably aren't going to build their own vehicles,...

The Chinese authorities' seemingly capricious decision last week to trigger circuit breakers, and then to rapidly remove them, added to the chaos in the...

Today more than ever, to paraphrase the poet John Donne, “no country is an island entire of itself.” India, too, has recognised this, becoming fully...