Oman hosts fifth World Military Beach Volleyball Championship
Muscat: The Fifth World Military Beach Volleyball Championship for 2026 burst into life on Friday at the indoor hall of the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bausher. Hosted by the M…
HH The Honourable Lady Addresses A Message of Greetings on Omani Women’s Day
Muscat: Her Highness the Honourable Lady Assayida Ahd Abdullah Hamed Al Busaidi, Spouse of the Sultan of Oman addressed a message of greetings on the occasion of Omani Women’s Day….
From beer bottles in Ethiopia to data centres: The American entrepreneur who goes big in Africa
Having launched a glass factory, a pan-African data centre business and an equipment financing company, Roha Group’s Brooks Washington is now building a hospital in Addis Ababa. This is his story.
School roof collapse kills 32 children in Pakistan
Peshawar: The roof of a school collapsed in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, killing a teacher and 32 students, mostly aged under 14, health officials said on Thursday, as…
85 horses launch Oman’s new endurance riding season
MUSCAT, OCT 15Oman’s 2026-27 endurance riding season got underway on Thursday with the first qualifying ride at Al Mahamid Endurance Village, covering a distance of 40 km and attra…
Oman U17 players all set for Gulf challenge in doha
MUSCAT, OCT 15Oman’s national under-17 football team are set to begin their campaign at the Gulf Cup U17 Qatar 2026, with head coach Ahmed bin Salim Bait Said highlighting the valu…
Second camel race concludes at Al Felaij, Al Bashayer
MUSCAT, OCT 15Cash prizes of more than RO 100,000 were allocated for the second race of the 2026-27 Camel Racing Season, held over three consecutive days from October 13 to 15 at A…
Oman clinch silver medal at Arab volleyball tourney
MUSCAT, OCT 15Oman concluded an impressive campaign at the 24th Arab Men’s Volleyball Championship by claiming the silver medal following a straight-set defeat to Bahrain in the ti…
Al Nahda fall to Al Faisaly in AFC CL2 in Amman
AHMED AL KAABIMUSCAT, OCT 15Al Nahda suffered their first defeat in Group C of the AFC Champions League Two 2026-27 after going down 2-0 to Jordan’s Al Faisaly at Amman Internation…
No tropical system expected to affect Oman this week
MUSCAT: Oman is not expected to be affected by a tropical system between October 15 and 21, 2026, according to the Civil Aviation Authority’s weekly bulletin monitoring tropical ac…