Oman News

Another trip into the incredible Indian subcontinent but this time we go down to the unique geographical area in the south; to the land of warriors that has one of...

TEL AVIV: Six Palestinians broke out of an Israeli prison ON Monday through a tunnel dug beneath a sink, triggering a massive manhunt for the group that includes a prominent...

ADEN: Ahmed al Yafei watched fishermen unloading boxes of catfish from small boats docked in the bustling port of Aden in south Yemen, keen to buy some for his hungry...

KYIV: Maria Kolesnikova, one of the leaders of mass street protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko last year, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday, leading to an...

After keeping silent for years, more than a dozen women hope their harrowing testimonies will spur prosecutors to pursue a pillar of the French fashion industry, accused of abusing young...

CONAKRY: Guinean government officials are barred from leaving the country until further notice and a curfew imposed in mining areas has been lifted, the leader of an army unit which...

Kate Hudson showed a very different side of herself at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, playing a hard-nosed stripper in dark fairytale “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon”.The actress...

BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, Sept 6Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran Group) - the executive arm of the Sultanate for tourism development - today signed a series of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with...

Building on a 2.82 per cent improvement in fuel utilisation per unit of electricity last year, Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP), the sole off taker of electricity and...

BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, Sept 6The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn) has announced the establishment of its Digital Project Management Office (PMO) to help achieve the objectives of its Digital Transformation...

Carrefour, owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in Oman, has announced the opening of a new hypermarket at the Mall of Oman, which recently opened in the Bowshar area...

Muscat: The Ministry of Labour has launched an initiative labelled "Badir” (take action) in cooperation with the private sector, to generate employment opportunities.The initiative seeks to provide 228 employment opportunities,...

LONDON: Global shares posted their longest winning streak in three months on Monday, aided by hopes US interest rates would stay low for longer and talk of more stimulus in...

MUNICH: Volkswagen head Herbert Diess on Sunday said autonomous cars, not electric vehicles, were the "real gamechanger" for the auto industry, which is facing the end of combustion engines in...

Muscat: Sayyid Badr Hamad al-Busaidi, Foreign Minister today received Hamish Cowell, Ambassador of the United Kingdom (UK) of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Sultanate to bid him farewell...

KABUL: The Taliban claimed victory on Monday over opposition forces in the Panjshir valley northeast of Kabul, declaring that it completed the group's takeover of Afghanistan and promising to announce...

Marseille: The pollution, emissions and clean-up costs of plastic produced in 2019 alone could be $3.7 trillion, according to a report released on Monday by wildlife charity WWF, warning of...

Washington: Top US national security officials will visit GCC and European countries this week. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State and Lloyd Austin, Defense Secretary are traveling to the Gulf separately....

Kabul: The Taliban on Monday claimed total control over Afghanistan, saying they had won the key battle for the Panjshir Valley, the last remaining holdout of resistance against their rule.Following...

Muscat: The total number of people vaccinated against Covid-19 has increased to 2,592,464, representing 73 per cent of the targeted group, according to the Ministry of Health on Monday.While, the...