MUSCAT: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, received on Wednesday Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as part of the exchange of fraternal visits between the two countries. The two ministers discussed the trajectory of the strong fraternal relations between the Sultanate of […]
The immediate futures of Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer were decided in the historic happening of the first UK byelection to effectively elect a prime minister. It was a battle of our times. Burnham’s success will make a new administration as it breaks the present one. Prime Minister Starmer’s government has been largely an ineffectual […]
The BBC has announced 550 job cuts as part of a plan to save £500 million. Coming in the middle of the process of renewing its royal charter, this adds to uncertainly over the BBC’s future in terms of its purpose, funding and place in an increasingly divided UK. Audiences will, inevitably, see changes. Some […]
John Healey resigned as defence secretary following continued disagreement between Downing Street, the Treasury and the Ministry of Defence over the defence investment plan. Healey said the plan falls “well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time”. His departure on June 11 was followed by Al Carns’ resignation […]
A few hours before the inauguration of the Berlin ILA airshow, the German Chancellor unsurprisingly announced the end of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). Launched by Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel in 2017, the program initially intended to prepare a Next Generation Fighter (NGF) aircraft, remote effectors, loyal unmanned wingmen (drones, as in unmanned […]
