Oman News

Muscat: A boy died after falling into a sewage pit in the Wilayat of Al Suwaiq, said the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority (CDAA).In a tweet CDAA said that the...

KHARTOUM: The latest clashes in Sudan's Darfur region between Arab and non-Arab groups have left more than 100 people killed, a tribal leader said on Monday.Repeated clashes in the region...

TUNIS: A judge serving on Tunisia's electoral board resigned on Monday in solidarity with a court strike after President Kais Saied sacked dozens of his colleagues.Habib Rebii, appointed by Saied...

TEHRAN: Iran said on Monday that all measures it has taken to roll back on its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers are "reversible"."If the agreement is...

Iraq temporarily closed Baghdad airport on Monday as choking clouds of dust blanketed the capital, the latest crippling sandstorm in a country that has warned climate change poses an "existential...

Beijing started a new round of mass testing in its most populous downtown district after a rapidly spreading outbreak linked to a bar saw Covid rules tightened again in the...

North Korea fired a series of artillery shots over the weekend, Seoul's military said, days after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to use "power for power" to defend the country's...

MUSCAT: The Municipal Council of Dhofar Governorate, on Monday, discussed the readiness of the concerned authorities to receive visitors to the governorate during the autumn tourist season in 2022. The...

Muscat: An orientation meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centres (WHO-CC) in Oman kicked off under the auspices of Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health,...

The Department of Blood Banks Services (DBBS) of the Ministry of Health collected 70,555 blood units in 2021. The blood units were collected by blood banks affiliated with the MoH....

Muscat: Gen. Sultan Mohammed Al Nu’amani, Minister of the Royal Office received on Monday Kiejoo Kim, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Sultanate of Oman.The ambassador commended the...

MUSCAT: Oman’s Hamad al Wahaibi bagged the third place in the Spring Rally, at the first stage of the 2022 Lebanese Rally Championship which is in its 37th edition, organised...

MUSCAT: Oman national table tennis team is gearing up to take part in the West Asian Table Tennis qualifiers which will take place from June 23-26 in Bahrain.The Oman TT...

MANCHESTER, UK: Manchester City are still waiting for their moment of Champions League glory, but by winning the race to sign Erling Haaland they have established themselves as a go-to...

STUTTGART, Germany: Matteo Berrettini made a winning return to tennis on Sunday when he defeated an injury-hit Andy Murray 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to win the Stuttgart grass court title.Berrettini, who...

MUMBAI: The battle for broadcast rights for the Indian Premier League reached fever pitch on Monday with global media giants reportedly bidding $5.65 billion to show and stream the hugely...

Landmark endeavour: Private firm to invest in Oman’s first semiconductor plantBUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, JUNE 13The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology and the Ministry of Labour signed on Monday a...

BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, JUNE 13Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC) has signed three agreements with the GCC Electricity Interconnection Authority to support power exchange and trading arrangements between the two sides. The...

BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, JUNE 13SOHAR Port and Freezone has signed an agreement with Sohar Steel Rolling to lease approximately 40,000 sqm of land for the construction of a steel rod manufacturing...

LONDON: British economic output declined for a second month in a row in April, weighed down by decades-high inflation, official data showed on Monday.Gross domestic product fell 0.3 per cent...