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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...

At the time of last year’s failed coup in Turkey, I emailed a Turkish friend expressing concern. His answer left me thinking. After a somber review of...

In many societies, universities are the main bastions of ideological and intellectual independence. We count on them to transmit our values to the young,...

Confidence has returned to Europe’s chancelleries just in the nick of time, what with U.S. President Donald Trump due in Europe in a few days. During the...

Thirty-five years ago, as part of a global expedition, Charles Burton and I travelled across the Arctic Ocean via the North Pole, camping for three months...

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...

When Donald Trump, in one of his first acts as president, announced that the United States would not participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),...

Gabriel Garcia Márquez, the Nobel laureate novelist most famous for One Hundred Years of Solitude, was native to Colombia. Nonetheless, as a master of...

In a world where the threat of large-scale war seems to increase by the day, peace treaties are rare and precious accomplishments. One of the most...

Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States took another major step on June 1, when it withdrew from the Paris climate agreement. For...