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Ted Cruz had an excellent idea. It would reduce corporate welfare, save consumers money and curtail greenhouse-gas emissions. It could also cost him votes...

Nobody has ever bragged about Pentagon efficiency, but even so it's been an embarrassing stretch for anyone trying to defend the Defence...

For the European Union, 2015 was another year of fundamental challenges. Two key elements of European integration – the euro and border-free travel within...

The challenges arising out of the falling oil prices will probably last the whole of 2016, but the Sultanate must retain its backbone in the form of its...

MUSCAT: A group of Indian expatriates in Buraimi no longer visit vegetable shops. From green leaves to tomatoes to bitter gourds, they have succeeded in...

Around 160km from Muscat, the ancient city of Nizwa still retains its charm of the old with cramped by-lanes, mud structures and forts. Our photographer, A...

On December 30, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced that four new elements are being added to the periodic table. The group had...

President Barack Obama's CNN town hall on guns was a muddle. Still, it was an interesting and, for the president, potentially educational one. Obama...

Wadi Dhum is considered one of the valleys, where tourists can enjoy nature and natural beauty the most and is located in the Wilayat of Ibri.