DFF amplifies Arab narratives,’ says Yasser Ashour on Jamal Soliman film
Doha Film Festival continues to pulse with creative energy this week, transforming the Qatari capital into a vibrant crossroads of cinema, identity, and artistic reflection. From w…
Person arrested for tampering with a stolen vehicle
Muscat: The Dhahirah Governorate Police arrested an individual of Arab nationality who modified the features of a vehicle he had rented from a Gulf country and replaced its license…
Omani-Spanish partnership to manufacture wind towers locally
Muscat: Ophiolite Oman LLC – part of the well-known Omani business house A Mohamed & Ahmed Al Khonji Group Co. – has signed a strategic agreement with Spain’s Windtechnic Engineeri…
Veteran Indian actor Dharmendra dies
Indian Bollywood actor Dharmendra passed away on Monday morning in Mumbai at the age of 89, according to local media reports. The veteran actor, who had worked in over 300 films ov…
Sayyid Bilarab patronises the opening of water projects
Muscat – HH Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham al Said patronised Nama Water Services Company’s celebration of the completion of strategic projects in the water sector at a total cost of o…
India’s RBI puts brakes on rupee slide
The Reserve Bank of India stepped in aggressively on Monday to slow the downward pressure on the rupee that had built up after the local currency slipped past a key level on Friday…
Ethiopian volcano erupts, plume drifts towards Yemen, Oman
The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northeastern Ethiopia violently awoke on Monday, November 24, marking its first time of its explosion as the peak has no known history of eruption in the…
Titanic passenger’s pocket watch sells for $2.3 million
A gold-trimmed pocket watch stopped ticking at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, as the Titanic was sinking in the North Atlantic. Its wealthy owner was seen standing on the deck, arm i…
Motorcyclist dies in ‘Globe of Death’ circus accident
An accident during a live circus stunt in Italy involving motorcycles circling a metal sphere left a young performer dead and another gravely injured, according to statements from…
A musical instrument representing maritime history
Muscat: There is a musical instrument in Oman that symbolises Oman’s maritime history, and that is the Tambūra. The tambourah (also spelled tanboura, tambura, fann at-tanbura, or n…