Oman News

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth organised recently a coaching course on delivering the basics and coaching fundamentals for the junior volleyball teams. The course was delivered by Dr...

A 36-year-old man died after collapsing while running the London Marathon recently.Though the man, from south-east England, received immediate medical treatment and an ambulance arrived within three minutes but he...

Muscat: Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and Pakistan’s Zarsanga, also known as ‘Queen of Pashtun folklore’ and Tanzania’s Yahya Hussein Abdallah were among the ten winners of the prestigious The...

Muscat: An Asian gang of seven was arrested on charges of fraud in the Wilayat of Seeb by the General Department of Inquiries and Criminal Investigation in cooperation with the...

Sohar Aluminium celebrated on Thursday the inauguration of its Sohar Industrial Training Institute in the presence of Shaikh Hamed bin Khalifah al Abri, Wali of Liwa, and officials and executives...

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has become the first company in the Middle East to be successfully accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM) – the only chartered membership organisation...

NEW YORK: Apollo Global Management Inc and Sixth Street Partners, which had been looking to provide financing for Elon Musk's proposed $44 billion buyout of Twitter Inc, are no longer...

Washington: IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva urged global policymakers on Thursday to take concerted action to avoid a "dangerous 'new normal,'" as the risks of a worldwide recession are driven ever...

Energy bills will strain consumers’ budgets this winter. This is the grim fallout of Opec+ group’s decision, announced on Wednesday, to cut daily oil production by two million barrels. Consumers...

Nicosia: The Sultanate of Oman took part in the 9th ministerial conference dealing with the environment and education for a sustainable development.The event is hosted in Nicosia by the government...

BANGKOK: A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and...

BANGKOK: A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand on Thursday, later shooting dead his wife and...

SEOUL/TOKYO: South Korea scrambled fighter jets after North Korean warplanes staged an apparent bombing drill on Thursday, Seoul's defence ministry said, as allied warships held missile defence drills and Pyongyang...

Muscat: Sumaira Chowdhury, Representative of the UNICEF to the Sultanate of Oman, visited the Association for the Welfare of Handicapped Children in Al Athaiba.The visit, which comes within the framework...

NEW DELHI: India is testing samples of cough syrups produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals after the World Health Organization said its products were linked to the deaths of dozens of children...

Muscat: Dr Hilal Ali al Sabti, Minister of Health, has amended procedures on expatriates’ medical check-up made prior to obtaining or renewing residency status.The decision also cancels some fees charged...

Stockholm: French author Annie Ernaux, known for her deceptively simple novels drawing on personal experience of class and gender, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the jury announced.Ernaux, 82,...

Bangkok: A former police officer armed with a gun and a knife stormed a nursery in northeast Thailand on Thursday, shooting dead at least 30 people including children before killing...

Muscat: They Ministry of Health on Thursday announced cancelation of medical examination fee charged to obtaining residency for expatriates."In the interest of the Ministry of Health to organize the expatriate...

Muscat: The Ministry of Health on Thursday announced the cancelation of the medical examination fee charged to obtaining residency for expatriates at private health care institutions.The new amendments stipulate that...