Oman News

WASHINGTON: The US Capitol was briefly evacuated on Wednesday evening after authorities sounded a threat alarm over a harmless parachute stunt, prompting top lawmaker Nancy Pelosi to blast aviation officials...

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism on Thursday signed seven land development (usufruct) agreements to set up tourism projects on government land plots registered at the ministry. The projects...

The Muscat Orthodox parish is celebrating its Golden Jubilee celebrations this year and the supreme head of the Indian Orthodox Church was the chief celebrant for the Holy Week services...

Neelam Singh, a resident of Muscat for over a decade and a practicing nutritionist has been crowned as one of the finalists in the prestigious Mrs International Beauty Pageant conducted...

SalamAir has signed an agreement with Mwasalat to run a free shuttle bus service from Suhar to Muscat International Airport for its passengers. Starting from May 10, and operating on...

HUSAN: When Ghada Sabatien set out to visit her uncle in a village near Bethlehem, she was not expecting to be caught up in the spike in violence between Israelis...

KANO, Nigeria: Seventeen people have been killed in suspected militant attacks in northern Nigeria, where a more than decade-long insurgency has claimed tens of thousands of lives, sources said on...

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II turned 96 on Thursday, receiving a rousing "Happy Birthday" from a military band outside her Windsor Castle home, after a troubled year hit by health concerns....

AHMEDABAD, India: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in India on Thursday touting job-creating investment but facing long odds to get his reluctant counterpart Narendra Modi to back Western action...

TOKYO: Japan and New Zealand on Thursday announced negotiations to expand defence and security cooperation, including intelligence sharing, as they warned of regional challenges. The announcement came after talks between...

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the international community to fight the Covid pandemic together. "We need to work together to defend people's lives and health," the state...

@conradprabhu - MUSCAT: A first-ever Waste-to-Hydrogen project is proposed to be established in the Sultanate of Oman with an investment of around $1.4 billion. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has...

MUSCAT: The price of Oman crude (June 2022 delivery) climbed to $106.12 per barrel in trading on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) on Thursday. It gained $0.58 a barrel overnight....

Muscat: HH Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth presided over the opening ceremony of Oman’s pavilion in the 59th edition of the Biennale Arte...

Searcher, a leading Australian-based multi-client data and service provider, has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals to acquire several new...

Arab economies are expected to grow by 5.0 per cent in 2022, supported by the increase in oil production and its prices in international markets and the continuation of stimulus...

A World Bank report forecasts upbeat economic growth for the Middle East and North Africa region at 5.2 per cent this year. Although the report flags the uncertainty caused by...

The Oman Automobile Association (OAA) is returning to thick of action this Ramadhan by bringing back the Gymkhana motor sport after a gap of six years. After the season of...

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Erik ten Hag will leave Ajax to become Manchester United manager next season, the English giants confirmed on Thursday. The 52-year-old, who has signed a three-year contract,...

The foundation general assembly of Al Amerat club will elect on Saturday the first board directors of the club. As many as 891 members are eligible to vote and select...