Oman News

SAMAYIL: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) hailed the humane treatment that the inmates of the central prison receive, the regular family visits available...

Like every other disease, early diagnosis makes it easier to treat Alzheimer's. It is a disease mainly of forgetfulness, which takes an alarming proportion up to the level of forgetting...

KYIV: Ukrainian forces entered the eastern stronghold of Lyman on Saturday after encircling thousands of Russian troops, Kyiv said, in a battlefield rebuttal to the Kremlin a day after it...

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Saturday condemned a new coup in Burkina Faso, the second one this year to hit the deeply poor and restive West African country.The coup "puts...

LONDON: A 24-hour walkout by railway staff in Britain on Saturday was set to create severe disruption as strikes resumed following the mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II.Members of four...

Strong growth: Average GDP growth rate at constant prices projected to reach about 2.2 per cent during the period 2023-2025NEW YORK: Leading international ratings agency Standard & Poor's has affirmed...

MUSCAT, OCT 1Oman Fisheries Company (OFC) has tapped an Ecuador-based company for the provision of a commercial fishing vessel that will support the Omani firm’s yellowfin tuna fishing operations.In a...

MUSCAT, OCT 1The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urges the 41st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to address top industry issues, including agreeing on a Long-term Aspirational...

Promising potential: Proceeds to be re-allocated to Omantel’s long-term growth projectsMUSCAT, OCT 1Sales of telecom towers in Oman and other geographies where majority Omani-government-owned Omantel has a presence through its...

Oman in Focus, last week at Royal Opera House Muscat in partnership with Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) and Oman International Development and Investment Company (Ominvest) hosted the premiere event for the...

French designer Olivier Rousteing pulled out all the stops on Wednesday in his latest collection for Balmain at Paris Fashion Week, closing his show with US star Cher on the...

With a vast wardrobe catering to everything from “House of the Dragon” to “The Crown”, Spain’s Peris Costumes has carved out a well-tailored niche for itself, renting costumes to producers...

Tunisian tattoo artist Manel Mahdouani is reviving traditional Berber designs that had long been considered unfashionable but are now gaining in popularity among a hip new generation.Few Tunisians now speak...

ABU DHABI - Khalifa Shaheen al Marar, Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, said that the UAE is the...

Muscat: Approximately 1 in 5 people in the general population after 40 years of age in the Middle East is expected to develop heart failure (HF) at some point in...

New Delhi - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched 5G services in the country, saying it was a "historic day for 21st century India" and added that the...

Paris - Millions of people around the world are believed to suffer from long Covid yet little remains known about the condition -- though research has recently proposed several theories...

Muscat: The Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Bangkok has said the requirements of documents such as the vaccination certificate and PCR have been canceled from October 1, 2022,...

New Delhi: While most countries across the world are still facing difficulties and have not been able to recover from the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, India has emerged...

Washington: Microblogging platform Twitter has announced on its official Blog that it will begin rolling out a new way to experience videos on TikTok.According to GSM Arena, Twitter isn't planning...