Oman News

WASHINGTON: An official session of talks was held at the headquarters of the US State Department between the Sultanate and the US on Thursday. The Sultanate’s side was chaired by...

BEIRUT: The lead investigator into Beirut’s massive port explosion subpoenaed Lebanon’s caretaker premier for interrogation next month after he did not show up for questioning on Thursday, a judicial source...

Muscat: A fire broke out in a caravan in Muscat Governorate, on Thursday. "Our teams in the governorate doused the fire, and no one has been injured," Civil Defence and...

SANAA: Dozens of Yemeni cyclists hit the road on Wednesday with a shared goal — to spread peace in a country embroiled in conflict for more than seven years. In...

PARIS: The search for the origins of the Covid pandemic that has killed millions and crippled economies is at a standstill even as time is running out, scientists charged with...

LONDON: More people have been inspired to take part in the Extinction Rebellion protest following the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, according to activists. Liam Geary Baulch,...

BELGRADE: Shakhtar Donetsk clinched a berth in the lucrative Champions League group stage with a dramatic 3-2 aggregate win over Monaco after fighting back from two goals down in their...

LONDON: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang started his season with a hat-trick as Arsenal shook off their Premier League troubles and hit second tier West Bromwich Albion for six to reach the third...

LONDON: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is likely to leave the Premier League champions when his contract expires in 2023 as he wants to take a break before venturing into...

LONDON: Arsenal's Brazil winger Willian is in talks over a potential exit from the Premier League club, manager Mikel Arteta said on Thursday, adding that more transfer moves were a...

PARIS: Olivier Giroud has been left out of the France squad for World Cup qualifiers against Bosnia, Ukraine and Finland as Les Bleus gear up for their first games since...

MUSCAT: Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s superb 75 and captain Shams Mulani’s brilliant 3 for 12 powered Mumbai to an exciting 19-run victory against Oman in the second T20 game at OCA...

Nearly 200 tons of healthcare waste were collected from Covid-19 institutional quarantine centres distributed across the Sultanate for treatment and safe disposal last year, according to Oman Environmental Services Holding...

MUSCAT: Well-known cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says it has discovered a malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod (unofficial modification of the app) called FMWhatsapp. This mod spreads the Triada...

This week CheckPoint published a new report that chronicled the regional threat landscape over the past six months. In the report, the company identified that the most common vulnerability exploit...

BEIJING: Financial institutions in China including banks and insurers should do more to help struggling offline retail, accommodation, catering and trading firms in the wake of recent domestic coronavirus outbreaks,...

US Vice President Kamala Harris stressed human rights concerns during a roundtable meeting with civil society leaders in Hanoi on Thursday, a day after yet another state critic was jailed...

Russia will deliver Pantsir missile defence systems to Myanmar on schedule as outlined in the relevant sales contract, the RIA news agency cited the head of Russia's Federal Service for...

The Philippines said it has approved the commercial propagation of genetically modified Golden Rice after more than a decade of field tests that drew strong opposition from anti-GMO activists. The...

Muscat: Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) today held the 3rd meeting of the Board of Trustees for 2021, under the chairmanship of Dr Ahmed Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health,...