Al Bashayer dominate Salalah as Al Seeb beat Nizwa in finals opener
MUSCAT: The first round of the final stage of the Oman Basketball League for the 2025–2026 season featured two thrilling matches, producing a dominant win for Al Bashayer over Sala…
Beyond the Kick: Al Muhannad Al Balushi and the Price of an Olympic Dream
MUSCAT: The road to the Olympic Games is never paved by talent alone. It demands relentless technical refinement, sustained financial investment, and mental resilience to withstand…
Cambodia demands Thailand withdraw border troops
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia called on neighbouring Thailand on Saturday to pull out its forces from areas Phnom Penh claims as its own, one week since a truce halted deadly clashes along…
MSF says it may have to halt Gaza operations
PARIS: Banned from the Gaza Strip with 36 aid bodies, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said on Saturday it will have to end its operations there in March if Israel does not…
Russia reopens theatre devastated by siege of Mariupol
A theatre that became one of the bombed out symbols of a Russian siege of the city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine in 2022 has reopened after a huge redevelopment, Russian authoriti…
First woman at the helm of Nobel Prize institution
The names of the Nobel Prize winners in the categories physics, chemistry and economics will be announced by a woman in 2026 for the first time in history.At the start of the year,…
Shanghai’s elderly waltz back to the past at lunchtime dance halls
A group of retirees cheered under disco lights as 60-year-old Xu Li leapt into her partner’s arms.It was just a regular Wednesday at one of Shanghai’s many lunchtime dance clubs, a…
IBRA’S SOUQ REVIVES A POETIC LEGACY
As dusk settled over the old quarter of Ibra, the stone corridors of Souq Al Qanater began to echo with voices that have shaped Oman’s cultural memory for generations. Between weat…
ROP Day: Digital services and Oman among the safest countries
The Royal Oman Police (ROP) will celebrate its annual day and the graduation of officer cadets and a skills development course for officers on January 5.Sheikh Abdul Malik bin Abdu…
US bombs Venezuela and captures Maduro: Reports
Caracas – President Donald Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro after bombing the capital Caracas and other cities in a dramatic climax…