Iran FM visit Oman for Strait of Hormuz talks
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will travel to Oman on Saturday for talks on the Strait of Hormuz, state media said.The visit “will be focused on the Strait of Horm…
Mediators urge US-Iran calm
DUBAI: Mediators were scrambling again on Friday to pull the United States and Iran back from the brink of renewed war, as days of strikes by the two countries appeared to settle i…
Two women carrying an umbrella walk under heavy rain in the street in Beijing, China. — Reuters
Quarter final Thriller
A Norway fan wearing the national colours poses in Miami Beach, Florida, on Friday. Norway will take on England on Sunday. — AFP
World Cup brings fans joy, torment and lifelong memories
BOSTON: For four weeks, fans young and old have painted their faces, donned their national colours, roared their support in stadiums and fan zones and ridden the wave of emotions…
Japan braces for Typhoon Bavi
A large and powerful typhoon approached a remote chain of islands in Japan’s southwest on Friday, prompting authorities to warn of violent winds, torrential rain, landslides and f…
Recovering voices from a forgotten past
Oman has long been an integral part of the Arabian Peninsula, contributing to Arab culture through its scholarship, literature and intellectual traditions. Poetry has always been o…
The juiciest grilled chicken starts with these 4 tips
If you love food with the kind of passion that drives you to spend all morning at the farmers’ market to spend all afternoon cooking a three-course dinner, then you probably don’t…
The city that refuses to be a stopover
The first thing Felix Weyer tells us is not where to look, but how to see Saarbrücken.“People often come here to visit places outside the city”, he says with a smile. “But once the…
Oman, India foreign ministers discuss cooperation, regional developments
MUSCAT: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, received Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India, in Muscat on Friday.During t…