Oman News

Oman is a country with a history of various cyclonic and storm events that have resulted in the loss of human lives, huge infrastructural damage and destruction of crops and...

Muscat: The search teams of the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority (CDAA) continued to search for two missing persons in North Al Batinah Governorate by using modern mechanisms and mobile...

Françoise Kadri “It’s the eye that makes a photograph, not the camera,” says 90-year-old Jacques Perez, who has forever retained his curiosity for his homeland Tunisia. An exhibition of his...

Beekeepers Mustafa Alti and his son Fehmi were kept busy tending to their hives before wildfires tore through a bucolic region of Turkey that makes most of the world’s prized...

The Eurovision Song Contest will next year be held in the northern Italian city of Turin, organisers announced on Friday. Italy is hosting the 66th edition of the kitschy competition...

Britain’s favourite superspy left his mark on Hollywood on Wednesday when Daniel Craig got a star on the Walk of Fame. The world’s suavest action hero was immortalised — appropriately...

IPL Strokes by Pranav Mehta All eyes will be on Sharjah, where two masters of entertainment will clash in the eliminator of the Indian Premier League. The winner will play...

LONDON: England on Sunday named their strongest available squad for the Ashes tour to Australia as all-rounders Ben Stokes and Sam Curran missed out but seamer Stuart Broad was included...

London: England head coach Chris Silverwood believes Joe Root's leadership played a key role in ensuring he could select the strongest possible squad for the Ashes tour to Australia. For...

ISTANBUL: Valtteri Bottas ended his year-long drought with a dominant victory in Turkey on Sunday while unhappy Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and lost the Formula One championship...

Muscat, Oct 10 Oman’s paddlers Ayman al Shehi and Luqman al Farsi progressed into second round of the 2021 WTT Youth Contender Muscat which began in Muscat on Sunday. Al...

BAGHDAD: Iraqis were voting in small numbers on Sunday in a parliamentary election that many said they would boycott, having lost faith in the democratic system brought in by the...

BEIRUT: Lebanon's electricity grid was back online on Sunday after the army supplied fuel to two key power stations that had run out, a minister said, ending almost a day...

ADEN: A car bomb targeting the governor's convoy shook Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Sunday killing at least five people, security and local government sources said. Governor Ahmed...

SEOUL: Lee Jae-myung became the presidential candidate for South Korea's ruling party on Sunday, hoping to overcome a property scandal and gather national support while conservative opponents trade barbs over...

Muscat: Following a report received by Ibra Police Station about the presence of a body with signs of stabbing and burning, the Police Command of North Al Sharqiyah Governorate, in...

MOSCOW: Sixteen people were killed when a plane carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said. The L-410 plane carrying 22 people crashed around 9:23 am...

VIENNA: Austria's top diplomat Alexander Schallenberg was on Sunday expected to take over the chancellorship, a day after Sebastian Kurz announced he would step down amid graft claims, capping the...

ROME: Rome police have arrested 12 people - including two leaders of a far-right party - after protests against coronavirus restrictions turned into serious riots, Italian media reported on Sunday....

Catastrophic natural disasters are hard to tolerate as they bring unexpected impacts, damages and losses to one’s life. Case in a point, the cyclone “Shaheen” hit the Sultanate over a...