West Africa: Five entrepreneurs to watch
We highlight five entrepreneurs building businesses in West Africa across sectors ranging from retail and footwear manufacturing to fitness.
Iran defiant on Hormuz with no sign of peace talks
Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as “very evil” and told Americans to brace for continued high fuel prices as a result of the w…
India’s 80th Independence Day celebrated in Muscat
The Embassy of India in Muscat celebrated India’s 80th Independence Day with a large grand community participation, as over thousand members of the Indian diaspora and friends of I…
Indonesia quake death toll rises to 38
Jakarta: A 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday killed at least 38 people, a disaster management official said, revising an earlier toll.”Thirty-eight…
Oil spill response: Tested fish samples confirm safety standards; fishermen told to exercise caution
Muscat: As various sectors of the National Committee for Emergency Management (NCEM) continued their efforts to address the effects of the oil pollution resulting from the grounde…
Avoid fishing in oil spill affected areas: Oman’s emergency response team
Muscat: As various sectors of the National Committee for Emergency Management (NCEM) continued their efforts to address the effects of the oil pollution resulting from the grounde…
Trump says will ‘soon’ declare Hormuz strait US territory
President Donald Trump said Friday he would “finish defeating” Iran and “soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz part of US territory.Trump has repeatedly said that the key energy water…
Vessel attacked in Hormuz strait: ADNOC
Dubai: United Arab Emirates’ state-owned oil giant ADNOC said Saturday one of its vessels came under attack in the Hormuz strait, the latest incident in the waterway at the centre…
From snow to Khareef, she paints her way home
Every winter, as the light fades early over Sweden, Lubica Ritzl packs her watercolours and flies south, to the green, flower-scented city on Dhofar coast she calls her second home…
Oman U20s draw 1-1 with Syria in friendly
MUSCAT: Oman’s national under-20 football team played out a 1-1 draw with Syria in the first of two international friendly matches at the Royal Court Affairs Stadium in Muscat on T…