MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman recorded a modest decline in crude oil output in 2024 even as natural gas production expanded significantly, reflecting a gradual shift in the country…

MUSCAT: In a more connected world, the potential to attract private capital has become central to achieving sustainable development. Speaking at the MSX Chairman’s Dialogue event h…

MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, has welcomed the expansion of the Cruise Arabia Alliance with the inclusion of Saudi Cruise and…

In 1982, Unesco convened the World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development, producing one of the most comprehensive definitions of culture. It described culture…

Has optimism about the goal of limiting the global temperature rise set at the 2015 Paris Summit waned? Do the annual climate summits generate only rhetoric rather than the tangibl…

Efforts to mitigate climate change have largely focused on the shift away from fossil fuels in energy production. As a result, most climate-finance assessments have studied the cos…

An Afghan boy rides a horse at the Qargha Lake on the outskirts of Kabul. — AFP

Guests walk past an art installation of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, displayed on the walls of Ecobank Pan African Centre during the Afrobeat Rebellion exhibition held in honour of…

The bitter orange — narinjah in Arabic — is a fruit that is not easy to define. It greets you with its delicate sweet scent and lingers on your tongue with a sharp sting that remai…

Luanda: Delegated by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, participated in the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the indep…