Oman News

Los Angeles: Among a number of add-ons and updates, the photo-sharing app recently initiated a new feature recently which can help resolve problems related to accessing accounts.Instagram announced on Thursday...

New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday noted that ever-increasing challenges posed to the UN peacekeeping mission and raised concern about how the involvement of armed groups and...

Washington: The US Senate has passed the defence spending bill for 2023 valued at nearly $850 billion, including $10 billion in security aid for Taiwan and $800 million for Ukraine.Senators...

Los Angeles: The CEO of Twitter has made his stand clear for increased cyber-safety on the microblogging site.Taking to his official Twitter handle, Elon Musk made it clear that accounts...

Chattogram : Useful knocks from Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav down the order and fiery spells from pacer Mohammed Siraj and spinner Kuldeep Yadav put India in the driver's seat...

New York: Noting that accountability must be bedrock of counter-terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that terrorism is an existential threat to international peace and security and...

New Delhi: India successfully carried out the night trials of the nuclear-capable Agni-5 ballistic missile, which can hit targets beyond 5,000 km on Thursday."The test was carried out to validate...

Muscat: The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) increased its repo rate for local banks at a rate of 50 basis points to 5.00 per cent in accordance with the United...

Washington: After adding the disappearing messages feature in 2020, Instant messaging and voice-over-IP service WhatsApp, is now working on an extreme version of that option.According to Mashable, a tech news...

New Delhi: French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain, on Thursday, said that he is proud to see 36 rafales with full equipment after all the 'Rafales' landed on Indian soil.Taking...

New Delhi: Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif has been named in the 'Most Searched Asian Worldwide 2022' list by Google.In the list of most searched Asians on Google this year, Katrina...

Manila: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered its economic growth forecasts for developing Asia amid a worsened global outlook.The region's economy is expected to grow 4.2 per cent this...

London: The UK Supreme Court on Thursday denied fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's plea against his extradition to India.Modi lost the bid to take his fight against extradition to India on...

With almost all community schools in the Sultanate of Oman closing for Christmas holidays and employees keen to exhaust pending leaves of the year, outbound travel is expected to see...

Budapest: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, on Thursday held talks with Peter Szijjarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary. The meeting took place at the...

Muscat: The media committee for elections of municipal council members (3rd Term) held its fourth meeting in Muscat on Thursday.The meeting was headed by Mohammed bin Said al Balushi, Under-Secretary...

Muscat: The Ministry of Health put stress on raising awareness for organ donation and human tissue under National Organ Transplantation Programme.A workshop involving health educators threw light on cultivating organ...

New York: Oman Vision 2040 Implementation Follow-up Unit held a meeting with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) during which it reviewed a number of initiatives and projects related to...

Muscat: Abdullah al Shibli and Saud al Maqbali powered Sohar to a crucial 2-0 win over fourth-placed Al Suwaiq on Wednesday night in the 13th week of 2022-23 Omantel League...

AQBIYA: An Irish soldier of the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon near the Israeli border was killed and three wounded after their convoy came under fire, Irish officials said...