Oman News

The National Employment Programme (Tashgheel), Mazoon Electricity Company and the Industrial Innovation Academy signed on Wednesday a memorandum of cooperation to implement the initiative of 'Raising local content in the...

The Mynahs and house crows are categorised as invasive birds. The increase in their population is causing several problems. Accordingly, the Environment Authority of Oman has decided to take measures...

NIZWA: The Culture Week organised by Nizwa Cultural Centre began on Tuesday.The week included many cultural, artistic and theatrical events with the broad participation of governmental and private institutions, clubs,...

Muscat: Oman head coach Branko Ivankovic predicted that Croatia may overcome on Brazil as both teams will meet on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Fifa world Cup Qatar 2022...

ABU DHABI: Oman’s Al Faisal al Zubair teams up with German professional drivers, Luca Stolz and Fabian Schiller, to tackle the Gulf 12 Hours in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by...

MUSCAT: The Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) participated in the regional forum for Olympic Solidarity organised by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in Riyadh during the period from December 4-7 ,...

ADELAIDE: Novak Djokovic will begin his bid for a 10th Australian Open title at the Adelaide International, organisers said on Wednesday, after the Serbian was granted a visa to enter...

BERLIN: Germany on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor’s office said was preparing a violent overthrow of the state to install as national...

TOKYO: Japan’s government will not rule out any measures to fund increases in defence spending, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s policy chief Koichi Hagiuda said on Wednesday, when asked about...

MUSCAT: Supporting regulations underpinning Oman’s emerging green hydrogen industry are expected to be issued by the end of the first quarter of 2023, Eng Salim bin Nasser al Aufi, Minister...

MUSCAT: With anticipated inflows of billions of dollars into Oman’s nascent green hydrogen industry in the coming years, the potential for investment in new manufacturing industries linked to this emerging...

MUSCAT: Eng Said bin Hamoud al Maawali, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, inaugurated the Sultanate of Oman’s first crypto-mining data centre, set up by Green Data City in...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on Wednesday issued two Royal decrees, reading as follows:Royal Decree No 88/2022 fixes official holidays.Article (1) states that official holidays for units of...

MUSCAT: An ‘Investment and Emerging Companies Summit’ will be held at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center during December 12-13, 2022, under the auspices of His Highness Sayyid Bilarab bin...

Muscat: Acting on behalf of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, HH Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, will lead the Sultanate...

BANDUNG, Indonesia: A suspected Islamist militant, angered by Indonesia's new criminal code, killed one other person and wounded at least 10 in a suicide bomb attack at a police station...

NEW DELHI: India saw a big jump in extreme weather events such as heatwaves and lightning strikes this year and related deaths rose to their highest in three years, government...

Muscat: The Royal Oman Police (ROP) on Wednesday has arrested a citizen for murdering an Omani woman.In an online statement, the ROP said,” A citizen was arrested on charges of...

Exolum has sold to OQ, its stake in the joint venture OQL (OQ Logistics LLC), which they had held since 2014 for the design, construction, and operation of the Muscat-Sohar...

Beijing: China announced Wednesday a nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions following protests against the hardline strategy that grew into calls for greater political freedoms. Anger over China's zero-Covid policy --...