Oman News

GENEVA: The United Nations said on Friday it was bracing for a possible exodus from violence-ravaged Afghanistan of up to half a million more refugees by the end of 2021....

“Spectacular, mesmerising and memorable,” summed up Kamiya Jani about her visit to the Sultanate before the pandemic began. A travel fanatic who was lucky enough to turn her passion into...

Have you ever wanted to do something, create something, learn something, but not do it because you created scenarios in your head of other people judging you for choosing to...

A world away from Hollywood, a quaint English county is turning into the epicentre of Britain's streaming-fuelled film and TV production boom, with plans to build a studio on a...

KABUL: US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after at least one IS bomber killed 85 people including...

FRANKFURT: The last German civilian plane carrying Afghans fleeing Taliban rule landed in Frankfurt on Friday, a day after the country's armed forces said they had finished their evacuation operation...

VIENNA: A Vienna court convicted the former leader of Austria's far-right Heinz-Christian Strache of a corruption charge on Friday in a case stemming from a 2019 scandal known as "Ibizagate"....

BERLIN: In Germany, yet another survey has confirmed the growing popularity of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) at the expense of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) ahead of next...

MUSCAT, August 27 The general assembly members of Oman Football Association (OFA) will elect the chairman and board member for the next term (2021-2024) during the general assembly meeting which...

Madrid: Despite the continuing devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Real Madrid have still been able to make a 160 million-euro ($188m) bid for Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe and...

MUSCAT: Oman survived yet another middle order collapse to overcome a fighting Mumbai by 3 wickets in the third and final T20 match, winning the series 2-1 at Oman Cricket...

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium: Max Verstappen led the way as Formula One ended its summer break in Friday practice for the Belgian Grand Prix but a heavy crash right at the end...

Leeds, United Kingdom: Jonny Bairstow strengthened England's grip on the third Test with a brilliant slip catch to dismiss India's KL Rahul off the last ball before lunch on Friday's...

The Sultanate’s reserves of crude oil and condensates amounted to 4.706 billion barrels at the end of 2020, which was three per cent lower than the corresponding figure of 4.84...

The Sultanate’s reserves of crude oil and condensates amounted to 4.706 billion barrels at the end of 2020, which was three per cent lower than the corresponding figure of 4.84...

The easing of lockdowns, as vaccination picks pace across the globe, increased the demand for oil by 6mb/d (million barrels per day) to an average of 96mb/d for FY21 as...

BUSINESS REPORTERSince the beginning of the year, well-known cyber security firm Kaspersky says it has detected more than 1,500 fraudulent global resources aimed at potential crypto investors or users who...

HONG KONG: While the financial world waits for the Federal Reserve to start reversing its ultra-loose policy stance, recent moves by a clutch of other central banks signal the days...

Dubai:  Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping malls, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, has signed its inaugural $1.5 billion (AED 5.51 billion) sustainability-linked...

Madrid: The sheer weight of China in world economy and recent reports of national growth rates have proved again that China is leading the global recovery from impacts of COVID-19,...