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I met Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher and the chief editor of UkraineWorld, an English-language news site, in Kyiv in 2019. I’d gone there to report on how Ukrainians felt...

ADAM: 'Mutebah' belonging to 'Hejen Al Bashayer' owned by HH Asaad bin Tariq al Said claimed the Cup and car in the second day competition of the fifth Al Bashayer...

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Defence’s Engineering Services marked its annual day under the auspices of Dr Mohammed bin Nasser al Zaabi, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defence, on Tuesday. The...

MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Consumer Protection Authority (CPA) has joined the rest of the GCC countries to mark the GCC Consumer Protection Week, on March 1-7....

The meeting of the National Committee for Climate Change and the Protection of the Ozone Layer put stress on the country's policy priorities in which climate affairs stands on the...

KYIV: A Russian armoured column bore down on Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Tuesday and invasion forces fired rocket barrages into the centre of the country's second largest city Kharkiv, on...

WARSAW/LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Tuesday about the growing humanitarian crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying refugee numbers could reach millions, with possibly more than 200,000...

TISZABECS: Clutching her son dressed in a thick green snowsuit to protect him from the freezing cold, 28-year-old Ukrainian Svetlana smiled faintly when asked his name as they arrived at...

NAIROBI: At least 440 civilians died in brutal fighting between rival factions in southwestern South Sudan over just a few months last year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The...

Muscat: The news circulated in social media platforms about the non-implementation of the Supreme Committee’s decision regarding cancelling the PCR examination for travellers through the Omani land ports is incorrect,...

When the world started battling the coronavirus pandemic, what we often heard was the use of war metaphors to describe the fight against Covid-19 because of the nature of the...

Oman crude prices surged more than 5 per cent on Tuesday to $100.85 per barrel as international oil markets weighed a coordinated international release of crude inventories against Russian supply...

The Omani government’s long-term vision for the development of South Al Sharqiyah Governorate, centring primarily on its rich fisheries potential, will be outlined at a forum due to be held...

BUSINESS REPORTER International ratings agency Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook on Oman Telecommunications Company SAOG's (Omantel) Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to stable from negative and affirmed the...

GENEVA: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday urged sports federations and organisers to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from international events following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Just...

PARIS: Russia has been stripped of hosting the men's Volleyball World Championships in August and September due to its invasion of Ukraine, governing body the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) announced...

Muscat: The Oman Squash Committee (OSC) recently appointed Iran's Mohsin Gholamnejad Javid as head of technical staff of the national squash team. Javid signed an agreement with the OSC and...

Christchurch, New Zealand: South Africa outwitted and outplayed New Zealand in a crushing 198-run second Test victory in Christchurch on Tuesday to draw the two-match series 1-1. New Zealand, facing...

RAS AL KHAIMAH: The 9th edition of Arab Aviation Summit (AAS), the region’s leading aviation and tourism industry event, was inaugurated on Tuesday by HH Shaikh Saud bin Saqr al...

BUSINESS REPORTER The recent launch of an Electricity Spot Market in the Sultanate of Oman – the first of its kind in the Middle East – involved a key role...