Oman News

RIYADH: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at Riyadh's al-Yamamah Palace.Saying that he was glad to visit Saudi Arabia...

RIYADH: Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday attended a welcoming ceremony held by Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on behalf of King Salman...

DOHA: Croatia advanced to the FIFA World Cup semifinals by defeating Brazil 4-2 in a dramatic penalty shootout here on Friday.Neymar put the South American team ahead with a 106th-minute...

Riyadh: On behalf of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, HH Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmood al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, headed the Sultanate of Oman’s...

Riyadh: President Xi Jinping of China received His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmood al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, on the sidelines of the Gulf-Chinese Cooperation...

RIYADH: The Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a final communique after its 43rd session in Riyadh on FridayExcerpts from the full text of the communique follows:The...

Muscat: Croatia reached the semi-final of the Qatar World Cup 2022 by defeating Brazil in the quarter-finals.Penalty shootouts decided the match after it ended in a 1-1 draw.The match went...

ISTANBUL: Turkey emerged as a critical stumbling block to a complex international plan to deprive Russia of wartime oil revenues as the number of tankers waiting to exit the Black...

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman will chair the 43rd Summit of the Supreme Council in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince...

MOSCOW: Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin was sentenced in court to eight-and-a-half years in prison on Friday on charges of spreading "false information" about the army.Yashin, 39, was tried over...

BAKHMUT, Ukraine: Russian forces have shelled the entire front line in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said, part of what appears to be the Kremlin's scaled-back ambition...

Bratislava: Every day Russia wages war on Ukraine, Mykola Kovalenko makes an anti-war poster.The Ukrainian graphic artist has stuck to the pledge since Russian troops invaded in February.Kovalenko uses simple...

Rome: An African migrant gave birth to a baby on the Mediterranean rescue ship Geo Barents and has been flown to hospital with her four children, the aid organisation Doctors...

MUSCAT: To help boost self-sufficiency in the food sector, around 100 food related projects worth a total investment of RO 1.3 billion are currently in development or operation in Sultanate...

MUSCAT: Omani non-hydrocarbon exports are projected to reach an all-time high of 26.9 per cent of GDP in 2023, bolstered by an uptick in the mining, plastics and chemicals sectors,...

MUSCAT: Helios Towers plc, the London-based independent telecommunications infrastructure company, announced on Thursday that it has closed the acquisition of Omantel’s passive infrastructure assets in Oman, adding 2,519 sites to...

MUSCAT: International ratings agency Fitch Ratings has upgraded Sohar International Bank SAOG's (SIB) and Ahli Bank SAOG's (ABO) Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to 'BB-' from 'B+'. The Outlooks are...

New York: India extended 'soft loans' worth $2 billion for projects in Central Africa, India's Permanent Representative to UN, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj on Thursday, as she underscored the cordial and...

London: The United Kingdom on Friday announced an unprecedented international aerospace coalition with Italy and Japan to adapt and respond to future security threats."The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) is...

Muscat: Isolated rainfall is predicted over some governorates of the Sultanate of Oman for the next two days.Oman Meteorology said in a statement :"Scattered light rain is expected in the...