Oman News

Scientific evidence can now link specific weather disasters to human-induced climate change. This connection should finally dispel the misconception that nature’s wrath alone is to blame for these disasters, and...

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok has convened a crisis committee after days of anti-government protests. The committee’s aim is to resolve the “most dangerous political crisis” seen in Sudan...

BAGHDAD: Extreme water shortages in Iraq will halve the area of crops being grown next harvest, the authorities said, following UN warnings calling for "urgent" action. Iraq's government said the...

SEOUL: North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, pulling Japan's new prime minister off the campaign trail and overshadowing...

MUMBAI: Buying vegetables at a small market on the outskirts of Mumbai, Shubhangi Patil laments the recent rapid rise in the cost of everyday essentials, from cooking oil to sugar...

The clash between ‘normal’ and ‘new normal’ started soon after the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the world is yet to settle into any situation fully. Of course, the...

TEHRAN: The Sultanate of Oman has affirmed that the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik adheres, in its internal and external approach, on the importance of cohesion...

Seoul: North Korea fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off its east coast, South Korea's military confirmed on Tuesday. Both the South and Japan said that at least one...

Manama: A delegation from the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) arrived in the sisterly Kingdom of Bahrain on Tuesday. The delegation was headed by Eng Rida bin Juma...

Beijing: China, the world's second-biggest economy, saw its economy grow by just under 5% in the third quarter of the year, official data revealed on Friday. The figure represents a...

CDAA dealt with over 2300 cases since the beginning of the tropical situation Shaheen Muscat: The Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority (CDAA) has dealt with more than 2300 cases since...

Muscat: The Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority (CDAA) has extinguished a fire that broke out at a carpentry workshop in North Al Batinah Governorate. "The firefighting teams of the Civil...

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MAFWR) has allocated RO 2.535 million for the renovation of two dams and 25 aflaj that were affected by the tropical...

The sprawling city of Sur has been described as the “pearl of the East Coast of Oman” and one of its imposing structures is the Al Ayjah lighthouse that signals...

A sword believed to have belonged to a crusader who sailed to the Holy Land almost a millennium ago has been recovered from the Mediterranean seabed thanks to an eagle-eyed...

Almost everyone knows that we can get addicted to our digital devices. And those who check social media might have felt this or a bit of this anxiety earlier in...

BY JANE JAFFER Eighteen ‘Let’s Read’ volunteers from Oman, Zanzibar, Lebanon, India, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Algeria drove along the Batinah Coast in a six-car convoy. We were chatting away...

Actors Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek brought Hollywood glamour to the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ latest comic book adapation, “Eternals”, on Monday. Directed by Chloe Zhao, who won best...

Muscat: The Royal Oman Police (ROP) has denied what was being circulated on social media about the theft of a vehicle in front of a commercial store in Muscat Governorate....

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it will take a “tough, assertive approach” to firms operating in the UK with temporary permissions in the wake of Brexit when their...