Oman News

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...

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...

Muscat: The Oman Development Bank funded more than RO 16 million in the Governorate of Al Wusta during the past five years by financing various and multiple projects in a...

Marseille: The Sultanate, represented by the Environment Authority, is currently participating in the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), being held in Marseille, France.The...

  Muscat: The Command and Staff College (CSC) of Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) celebrated the opening of the 35th course for the officers studying at the college. Officers from the...

Muscat: The Saudi team was received by Abdullah al Enezi, the ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Sultanate of Oman, Mohsen al Masrouri, vice-chairman of the Board...