Travelling to Oman: Ensure you do not carry prohibited goods
Muscat: The Directorate General of Customs of the Royal Oman Police (ROP) warned inbound travellers against importing or carrying prohibited goods into the Sultanate of Oman.These…
Oman’s national youth handball team will look to bounce back against Hong Kong today after suffering a 40-27 defeat to Saudi Arabia in its opening match of the 19th Asian Men’s You…
UN warns of cracks in global immunisation system
Global infant vaccination levels improved slightly last year, the UN said Wednesday, but warned that drastic funding cuts, conflicts and misinformation were deepening dangerous cov…
Bids invited for app-based transport from Salalah Airport
To upgrade the transport facilities provided for passengers arriving at Salalah Airport—which is seeing a huge inflow of local and foreign tourists- the Ministry of Transport, Comm…
Summer travel: MOH urges measures to avoid venous thrombosis
With the summer travel season underway, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has urged people to take measures to avoid venous thrombosis, especially if their flight is longer than four ho…
Indian missing after attack on ship off Oman coast is dead, family says
An Indian national who went missing after an attack on commercial vessel GFS Galaxy off the coast of Oman is dead, his father-in-law said on Wednesday.Of the 11 Indians…
Turkey marks 10th anniversary of coup attempt that killed over 250
Turkey will mark the 10th anniversary of the failed 2016 coup attempt on Wednesday with nationwide commemorations, including exhibitions, public memorial events and a march across…
Passion paints the semi-final
France fans gather ahead of semi final match. — Reuters
Iran-US war intensifies
TEHRAN: The US launched on Tuesday a fresh wave of strikes on Iran and President Donald Trump vowed to reimpose a naval blockade, prompting Tehran to respond with attacks on countr…
The Military and Security Medical City to get robotic surgery system
MUSCAT: The Military and Security Medical City on Tuesday signed an agreement to acquire a modern robotic surgery system. The agreement seeks to develop the Medical City’s healthca…