Dr Jokha elected higher education quality assurance head
CAIRO: Dr Jokha bint Abdullah al Shukailiyah, Chief Executive Officer of Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education (OAAAQA), was on Wednesday ele…
Oman, India discuss CEPA implementation phase
Muscat: India and Oman are likely to sign a trade agreement on Thursday, opening up opportunities across a wide range of sectors, including textiles, food processing, automobiles,…
Oman, India sign joint document, executive programme, 4 MOUs
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of India signed today an executive programme, a joint vision document, and four Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in Muscat.The signi…
Stone, craft, and the new luxury logic
Lately, I have had an influx of international friends visiting me in Oman. I observe myself building itineraries the way you build a story, with a beginning that feels rooted and a…
Mexican president calls on UN to ‘avoid bloodshed’
MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday asked the United Nations to act in order to avoid bloodshed in Venezuela, as tensions escalate between the South Ameri…
Putin vows to achieve war goals, expand ‘buffer zone’
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine by diplomatic or military means, and would seek to expand a “security buffer zone” there. “Firs…
Cambodia accuses Thailand of using ‘toxic gas’
OU CHROV: From their hospital beds in Banteay Meanchey province in northwest Cambodia, several soldiers and police described experiencing respiratory problems after Thai aircraft d…
Sudan most neglected crisis of 2025 in aid: Poll
LONDON: The humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Sudan, unleashing horrific violence on children and uprooting nearly a quarter of the population, is the world’s most neglected crisi…
‘In her prime’: Rare blooming of palm trees in Rio De Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO: An extraordinary botanical spectacle is drawing crowds in Rio de Janeiro. Several talipot palm trees, planted more than six decades ago, are blooming for the first…
A metro station reveals old Roman treasures
Beyond the entrance of Rome’s newest metro station under the Colosseum, there are display cases filled with hundreds of ancient artefacts found during a decade-long construction pr…