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Muscat: An eight-year-old child was found safe and in good health in the Bidiyah desert after an intense eight-hour search operation that united rescue teams, aerial support and local residents in a...

Sohar International has reported negotiations to acquire a stake in BIMA."Further to the disclosure made on August 14, 2025, regarding Sohar International Bank's (Sohar International) intention...

Muscat: The Public Prosecution reported on Monday about various child sexual abuse crimes related in the Sultanate of Oman.These included 1,245 cases related to child sexual harassment, committing...

Muscat: The Public Prosecution investigations did not establish any direct responsibility on any person or entity in the incident where an Omani family of six was found dead in Amerat in November.Some...

The Public Prosecution is having its annual conference on Monday to review the statistics and indicators related to its performance in 2025. The Public Prosecution recorded  55,164 cases in 2025, a...

NASA has postponed the historic Artemis II mission, the first crewed lunar flight in over half a century, due to forecasted near-freezing temperatures at Kennedy Space Center. The launch, which would...

MUSCAT: A new group of male and female citizens holding a General Education Diploma (GED) qualification has joined the Royal Oman Police (ROP), on Sunday.The new police recruits have passed the...

The Navin Asher Kazi Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2025–26 were recently held under the aegis of the Board of Directors, Indian Schools Oman, hosted by Indian School Muscat (ISM). This 16th...

The Environment Authority has issued Decision 16/2026 regarding regulations for reporting oil and chemical pollution incidents on land.Based on the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Law...

Oman Air received its newest Boeing 737 MAX-8, the latest in a series of seven Boeing 787 and 737 deliveries received over the last 12 months, bringing the airline’s total fleet to 33 aircraft.The...

Muscat - As part of its efforts to enhance water supply preparedness, Nama Dhofar Services successfully conducted an operational trial of a mobile desalination plant using reverse osmosis (RO)...

Muscat: In the Sultanate of Oman, the holy month of Ramadhan will fall in February this year for the first time in nearly 31 years.The Main Committee for Moon Sighting has announced that Wednesday,...

The fourth edition of the Muscat Classic will take place on February 6.The peloton will include 18 teams, among them 11 WorldTeams, two more than in 2025, highlighting the growing prestuge of the...

Muscat: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck southern Iran, in Bushehr area, on Sunday morning.According to the Earthquake Monitoring Centre (EMC) at Sultan Qaboos...

The Muscat Nights 2026 festival, which concluded on Saturday, January 31, 2026, marked a significant milestone in the event's history. Attracting around two million visitors over its duration,...

The Royal Oman Police has said that text messages requiring the payment of fines within a deadline are falseThe messages said, "There is a traffic fine of ROOmani that has not yet been collected and...

New Delhi-  Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, received on Saturday Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidi, the Foreign Minister, on the sidelines of the second session of the...

A simple traffic accident is defined as an accident where the damage is limited only to vehicles, with no fatalities, human injuries, or damage to public or private property outside the parties...

Sponsored by the British Embassy Muscat, Outward Bound Oman has launched the first cohorts of the Biodiversity Gems Programme, an initiative aimed at increasing youth awareness of environmental...

The World Gold Council’s Full-Year 2025 Gold Demand Trends report reveals that total gold demand hit a new all-time high of 5,002t last year. A record fourth quarter sealed a stellar year, as...