Oman News

Hurricane Ida entered the Gulf of Mexico late Friday, as people in the United States' southern state of Louisiana evacuated high-risk areas and stocked up on essentials.The hurricane is expected...

Kuala Lumpur: Another month of extremely weak international air passenger volumes continued amid an unrelenting rise in COVID-19 infections across Asia and elsewhere, preliminary July traffic figures released by the...

A boat carrying more than 70 people sank in Bangladesh’s Brahmanbaria district on Friday after a collision that involved a sand-laden cargo ship.At least 21 people died and close to...

In the past 17 months, if there was an industry that was totally disrupted and didn’t get any chance to recover, it was the extravagant and high spending MICE (meetings,...

England bowlers came out all guns blazing and wrapped the game up in the opening session itself to register an innings and 76-run win and thereby level the five-match series...

Baghdad: French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Saturday the IS group “remains a threat”, speaking days after an affiliate of the group claimed a deadly bombing in Kabul.“We all know...

Jerusalem: A 12-year-old Palestinian boy shot last week by Israeli soldiers during clashes along the border with Gaza has died of his injuries, the territory's health ministry said on Saturday.Omar...

Tehran: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday accused US President Joe Biden's administration of making the same demands as his predecessor Donald Trump in talks to revive a...

Kabul: The United States conducted a drone strike against an IS target in Afghanistan on Saturday, as the airlift of those desperate to flee moved into its fraught final stages...

Muscat: A Saudi Arabian business delegation headed by Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Investment, will visit the Sultanate on Sunday to attend the Omani-Saudi Council meeting and inaugurate...

Mr T was hesitant to come and see the afflicted puppy. He argued that it was pointless — after all — knowing that we won’t be able to help him...

Congratulations to the Supreme Committee for taking the unpopular step of implementing a full lockdown, as it appears from the last two week’s statistics that cases of Covid-19 and fatalities...

Brussels: Max Verstappen led team-mate Sergio Perez in a Red Bull one-two on Saturday in a wet final Formula One practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix.The Dutchman, who also...

London: England’s Ollie Robinson struck four times with the second new ball as the hosts thrashed India by an innings and 76 runs to level the series on day four...

Milan: Joaquin Correa hailed a dream Inter Milan debut on Friday after he scored twice to help the Serie A champions come from behind and win 3-1 at Hellas Verona.Correa...

New York: Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas expects a relentless fight from three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray of Britain in their first-round match in next week's US Open.Tsitsipas came...

PANDEMIC IMPACTS: Reflecting the downturn suffered by the sector last year, revenues earned from mineral ore sales tumbled 25 per cent to RO 92.661 million, down from RO 123.793 million...

BUSINESS REPORTERMuscat, aug 28Osool Poultry, the largest poultry parent stock project in the Sultanate, announced the export of its maiden consignment of hatching eggs last week.“After starting the commercial production...

KEY MILESTONES: Average oil production falls 3% to 601,530 bpd in keeping with OPEC+ output curbsProduction of condensate — a commercially valuable hydrocarbon stream often occurring with natural gas —...

BUSINESS REPORTERInternational oil and gas exploration and production company Occidental of Oman, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary US based Occidental, says it continues to grow its contribution to In-Country Value...