Oman News

Muscat: A worker, performing maintenance work for a a well in North Al Batinah, died when soil collapsed on him. The Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority (CDAA) said: "Rescue teams...

Muscat: Board of Directors of Sohar Port and Freezone announced the appointment of Emile Hoogsteden as the new Chief Executive Officer of Sohar Port, a joint venture of the Port...

Muscat: Renaissance Services, Oman’s leading accommodation, services solutions and IFM company in Oman, listed on the Muscat Stock Exchange held its Annual General Meeting on March 30, 2022. Amongst other...

Muscat: Khazaen Economic City signed an agreement with a foreign investment company to establish a factory for the production of solid soap products to the tune of OMR2 million for...

MUSCAT: A new building for the Prosthetics and Orthotics Department has been opened at Khoula Hospital. The building, built on an area of 780 square metres, was funded by Sohar...

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources will initiate a spraying campaign to combat date palm weevil, on April 5. The first phase of aerial spraying will be...

Dresden: A German man is under investigation after authorities discovered he'd received the coronavirus vaccine at least 87 times, the Freie Presse newspaper reported on Friday. The report comes as...

With only a few hours left for the holy month of Ramadhan to begin, all the shopping malls in Muscat witnessed a hive of activities as consumers thronged them for...

MUSCAT: Oman Tourism College (OTC) celebrated the graduation of batches 2020, 2021 and 2022, at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre recently. The event was held under the auspices of...

The first day of the holy month of Ramadhan began on Sunday. “The first day of Ramadhan would be Sunday, April 3 as the moon was not sighted on Friday’’,...

SANAA: Yemen's warring parties are set to lay down their weapons for the first nationwide truce since 2016 on Saturday with all eyes on whether the UN-brokered ceasefire will hold....

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka declared a 36-hour nationwide curfew on Saturday and deployed troops backed with sweeping new powers under a state of emergency to quell protests against the president, his...

At least five people were killed and 20 more wounded when two bombs exploded in quick succession in the western Afghan city of Herat. The incident happened in the evening...

Pope Francis said he was still considering a visit to Ukraine's capital of Kyiv following invitations from the mayor and the president.Aboard the papal plane en route to Malta for...

  People gather at a park in the north of Iran’s capital Tehran on Saturday to celebrate “Sizdah Bedar” (Nature Day), on the 13th day after the Nowruz Persian new...

Landmark decarbonisation: German green energy firm Hydrogen Rise announces partnership with Sohar Port and Freezone to support low-carbon based steel production at Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel A German firm...

BUSINESS REPORTER MUSCAT, APRIL 2 Leading international credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (&P) has raised the credit rating for the Sultanate of Oman from ‘B+’ to ‘BB-‘ with a...

Seafarer rights: First Gulf state to ratify key maritime labour convention MUSCAT, APRIL 2 The International Labour Organisation (ILO), a specialised agency of the United Nations, has announced that it...

BAGHDAD: Iraq exported $11.07 billion of oil last month, the highest level for half a century, as crude prices soared amid shortfall fears following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the oil...

The 'Mega Blood Donation Drive' organised by the Indian Embassy in association with the Ministry of Health began on Saturday under the auspices of the Muscat Municipality President, Ahmed bin...