MUSCAT: The GCC states have recorded a 3 per cent annual decrease in groundwater extraction over the past nine years, concurrent with an increase in the share of renewable water re…

TEHRAN: Iran’s chief negotiator warned the United States is not to be trusted on Sunday, saying Tehran would not agree to any deal with Washington unless it fully secures Iranian r…

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Labour (MoL) has announced a ban on mid-day work for labourers who work at construction sites and other open-air areas exposed to high temperatures from to…

 London:  Doctors on Saturday praised “unprecedentedly strong responses” to an injection that eradicated entire tumours in otherwise treatment-resistant cancer cases during a trial…

From their shared hospital room, several survivors freed from a semi-submerged cave in Laos after more than a week underground are advising rescuers on how to find the last two mis…

There are journeys taken for adventure, journeys taken for ambition, and journeys taken in search of opportunity. However, the pilgrimage to Mecca is unlike any other journey on ea…

MUSCAT: pilgrims have begun arriving home from the Holy Land after performing the Hajj pilgrimage for the 1447 AH season. The rest of the pilgrims will continue to arrive via air a…

MUSCAT, MAY 31India has formally notified the rules that will govern the determination of origin of goods traded under the India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (…

The mummy of a child from the Inca period, discovered frozen in 1905 on a mountain in northwestern ⁠Argentina, has been returned to an indigenous community after spending ⁠119 year…

People watch the carcass of a female whale, weighing over 12 tonnes and measuring 10 metres in length, lying on the beach at Rivedoux, off France’s western Atlantic coast. — AFP