Oman News

TEHRAN: Former Iranian armed forces chief Hassan Firouzabadi, who once accused Western nations of spying on the country using lizards, has died of coronavirus aged 70, local media reported on...

Supreme Committee decides to allow mass attendance to support the national football team in their match against Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the second round of the final Asian qualifiers...

A key ‘Ministerial Dialogue’, co-hosted by the Sultanate and due to take place next week, will feature top officials from Oman, among other international figures, deliberating on two principal themes:...

Oman’s inclusion in Condé Nast Traveler’s select list of 25 of the best holiday destinations in the world has been cheered by the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism. The award-winning...

Total trade in goods and services between Oman and the UK was £877 million in the four quarters to the end of Q1 2021, a decrease of 46.2 per cent...

Media is blurring its shape. Lines between media types are disappearing, consumers are creators, and entertainment is daubing tech and retail all over itself. Content is ever present, consistent across...

MUSCAT: The national football team began technical preparations for Saudi Arabia match after a strong start and edging Japan 1-0 in the opening match of the deciding round qualifiers of...

TALLINN: Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium overcame an early scare to crush Estonia 5-2 away on Thursday and solidify their position at the top of World Cup qualifying Group...

Stockholm: Viktor Claesson secured Sweden a 2-1 victory over Spain in World Cup qualifying on Thursday for a third win in three games and top spot in Group B.Valencia midfielder...

Mumbai: The bull run on D-Street continued on Friday with equity benchmark indices rising half a per cent to touch new highs.At the closing bell, the BSE S&P Sensex was...

New Delhi: India's aviation turbine fuel demand is expected to remain subdued in the near-term as fears of a third wave of COVID-19 infections lurk in the country ahead of...

New Delhi: The Indian service sector growth resumed in August as Covid-19 pandemic continued to recede and vaccine access improved, according to the latest IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index...

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands: Lewis Hamilton kept home favourite and Formula One title rival Max Verstappen off the top of the timesheets in a truncated opening practice session for the first Dutch...

London: Shardul Thakur lived up to his desire to make an "impact" with the bat after a record-breaking fifty revived India on the first day of the fourth Test against...

New Delhi: The India Pavilion in Expo 2020 Dubai starting October 1 is set to showcase a resurgent India's march to becoming a USD 5 Trillion economy in the post-COVID...

Washington: American tech giant Google has been making in-house custom processors for years now, but most of those efforts have been limited to machine learning or cloud data processing purposes.According...

Muscat: All Omani nationals and students on scholarships in New Zealand universities are safe, the Consulate General of the Sultanate in Australia confirmed following the terrorist attack that took place...

Washington (US): The findings of a new Cornell University research suggested that female mice exhibit a strong drive to socialise with other females following periods of acute isolation, significantly increasing...

Muscat: Oman Airports received the national football team with the traditional water salute after its victory over Japan at the opening clash in the final round of Asia's World Cup...

Muscat: The Sultanate offers condolences to the United States of America for the victims of the floods caused by Hurricane Ida.The Foreign Ministry said in a statement: "The ministry expressed...