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TopicSultan Qaboos

Topic: Sultan Qaboos

By choosing a successor, Qaboos has both blessed and cursed Oman’s new sultan

No Omani royalist will question the new ruler, Haitham bin Tariq's right to rule, but from here on, he will be judged by his performance.

Longest running Arab monarch, Sultan Qaboos, dies after years of battling illness

The Sultan of Oman was responsible for turning an isolated Middle Eastern country torn by civil war into a stable oil exporter and an ally to both the U.S. and Iran.

On Camera

Takaichi channels Abe & wins over Trump

Trump calls Takaichi 'one of the greatest prime ministers' & offers her 'anything you want'.

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.