Oman News

The Sultanate is expected to see a drop in Covid-19 cases in September after a rapid pace of national vaccination drive and new variants are of no high consequence, according...

MUSCAT: The event ‘Discover Salalah’, managed by Super Cars Council team, in coordination with the Royal Oman Police (ROP), and the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism (MoHT), was launched on...

Kabul: A woman activist who participated in a protest in Kabul seeking political rights under Taliban rule was seen in a video with a head injury, blood streaming down her...

THE HAGUE: With the participation of more than 70 diplomatic missions, the Embassy of Oman in the Kingdom of Netherlands took part in the annual Embassies Festival on Saturday. The...

US President Joe Biden vowed to support victims of Hurricane Ida on Friday as he toured the hardest-hit areas of Lousiana, where at least nine people died.The storm left 1...

Damascus: A delegation of high-ranking Lebanese ministers visited Damascus on Saturday for talks on importing energy via Syria, the first such official visit since its civil war broke out 10...

ISTANBUL: When Britain announced Turkey would stay on its "red list" of travel destinations last week, Onur Arican decided to close his boutique hotel on the Aegean coast early this...

Marseille: After decades of recording alarming declines in animals and plants, conservation experts have taken a more proactive approach, with a new "Green Status" launched on Saturday, billed as the...

Washington: US President Joe Biden visited New Orleans on Friday to underscore his administration's support for people in the region in the wake of Hurricane Ida."We're in this together, and...

RUSTAQ: A blood donation campaign was held in the Wilayat of Al Rustaq in the South Al Batinah Governorate on Friday.The campaign witnessed a turnout of citizens, believing in the...

The leader of a resistance faction fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan's last holdout province announced Saturday that they would continue fighting.The statement by the head of the National Resistance Front...

MUSCAT: With an aim to improve the quality of health services, the Bausher Specialised Polyclinics (BSP) has introduced a number of advanced laboratory equipment that keeps pace with the expansion...

MUSCAT: In pursuit of the strategic goal of Arab Open University (AOU), Oman branch, in developing and enhancing students’ services and support, and in context of exchanging experiences, the Student...

Mohammed Jamil Al Mashaikhy bagged the bronze medal and created a new Omani record in the shot put with a throw of 10.84m.Tokyo: Oman Paralympic Committee concluded its participation in...

After a span of almost six months and for others even more, expatriates are making their way back to Oman to resume their work.While the ticket cost has been a...

MUSCAT: Counting on the value of building partnerships in a one-day game, Mumbai rode on the resilience of its batters to beat a fighting Oman by 4 wickets, winning the...

Wellington: The IS-inspired radical responsible for a supermarket knife rampage in New Zealand was watched for five years and jailed for three before authorities exhausted all avenues to keep him...

KABUL: Taliban and opposition forces were fighting on Saturday for control of the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last province in Afghanistan holding out against the group, according to...

Marseille: Trapped on island habitats made smaller by rising seas, Indonesia's Komodo dragons were listed as "endangered" on Saturday, in an update of the wildlife Red List that also warned...

What is the real message we should be sending the younger generations today? With all the wealth of our accumulated knowledge it surely can’t be along the lines of, “It’s...