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Gunfire and blasts were heard on Sunday at an Indian Air Force base that was attacked by militants a day earlier, and TV channels reported two gunmen were...

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

If you get involved in online debates about economic history, it won’t be long before someone tells you that the West is rich because it stole the...

Is $250,000 a year in household income “middle class”? That sort of income puts a family in the top 5 per cent of American earners, which seems like an...

Canada's two-month-old Liberal government is facing its first controversy, one that highlights an enduring dilemma in public policy: When is it worth...

With the advent of a new year, it would be interesting to measure up the stocks of the Pakistani political mainstream to make sense of where the country may...

Once a hub for the traders; Muttrah Corniche holds a charm evolving every season to all and sundry. Times of Oman photographer Jun Estrada captures some of...

In 33 years of practice, Rio de Janeiro obstetrician and gynecologist Isabella Tartari Proenca has helped countless expectant mothers through the anxieties...

Not every democracy needs a supreme court with the power to block legislation it deems unconstitutional. But Poland’s reforms of its Constitutional...