Muscat: Muscat international airport saw a drop in international passengers in April this year compared to the previous months of March and February.The passenger traffic dropped f…

A pilgrim gestures in front of the Kaaba as they perform Tawaf during the annual haj pilgrimage, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. – Reuters

Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, received a telephone call on Friday from Dr Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.Du…

By the time most teenagers are scrolling through social media after school, 15-year-old Paramveer Singh is often crouched in silence beside rocky slopes or beneath dense forest can…

Fire during an explosion of the uncrewed Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during a test on a launchpad in Cape Canaveral. — Reuters

MECCA: Thousands of Muslims began to leave the holy city of Mecca on Friday after having completed the Haj pilgrimage in scorching heat and despite the shadow of war across the Mid…

Dr Tamadhir Al Mahrouqi Mental health is no longer a marginal issue in healthcare. It is central to how individuals function, how families thrive, how workplaces remain productive,…

SAN FRANCISCO: Artificial intelligence company Anthropic said on Thursday it had raised $65 billion in a new funding round that values the Claude maker at $965 billion, more than i…

World stocks edged higher on Friday while ​oil prices slid and headed for a weekly drop as traders awaited clarity on efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and extend a US-Iran ce…

In a crowded Kathmandu restaurant far from Nepal’s famed icy peaks, Billi Bierling questions climbers about their ascents, preserving each triumph in the Himalayan Database, mounta…