By Jamal Ibrahim Haidar. The author is with the Lebanese American University.The US-Israeli war against Iran has shattered the Gulf’s old security order. As governments search for…

As the do-or-die elimination drama of the World Cup is now in full swing, excitement has heightened, captivating billions of football fans worldwide. From packed stadiums in the US…

Kieran CANNING DR Congo’s long road to a first World Cup in 52 years has been beset by challenges that their English opponents in the last 32 on Wednesday could scarcely imagine.De…

Germany were licking their wounds on Tuesday after yet another World Cup disaster amid calls for coach Julian Nagelsmann to go and Jürgen Klopp to take over. A 4-3 defeat on penalt…

GAZA CITY: Gaza health officials said Israeli strikes killed five people including a child in the Palestinian territory. A ceasefire is in place in the Israel-Hamas war, but it has…

LONDON: Outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that Britain would spend a “record” of almost £300 billion ($397 billion) over the next four years to modernise its…

GENEVA: The World Health Organization voiced concerns on Tuesday about potential disease outbreaks in Venezuela with local health services overwhelmed following deadly earthquakes….

There was a time when summer meant boredom, imagination, slow afternoons and children learning what to do with themselves. Now, summer has become the season where the structure of…

MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday said it shot down 419 Ukrainian drones over the country overnight, including in the Moscow region, where authorities said a six-month-old baby was killed….

BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, JUNE 30Oman’s Platform for Smart Manufacturing (Ectron), a subsidiary of the National Energy Centre (NEC), has signed a strategic partnership with France’s…