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Muscat: Engineer Abdul Rahman bin Salem al Hatmi, CEO of Asyad Group, confirmed the start of preparations for the launch of construction work for the railway project linking the Sultanate of Oman and...

Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for March 2024 global passenger demand, which showed that total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), was...

Muscat: The Saudi poet, Prince Badr bin Abdul Mohsen, passed away after a battle with illness. He was 75.Prince Badr is considered the pioneer of modern popular poetry, and many Arab artists sang...

Muscat: The National Center for Emergency Management (NCEM), including the subcommittees in the governorates, has been deactivated but the concerned authorities will continue to restore services in...

Muscat: Due to strong gusty winds and hail tonight and tomorrow morning (Friday) the governorates of Dhofar, Al Wusta, Al Dakhiliyah, and South al Sharqiyah are expected to receive rainfall amounts...

Muscat - Eng. Saeed Al Mawali, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information and Chairman of Oman Air, alongside the company’s Board of Directors, has announced the appointment of Con...

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman expressed its regret over the use of veto power of the United States of America against the State of Palestine's request for full membership in the United Nations.This...

Muscat: Due to heavy rains expected to fall in Oman, study in government, private and foreign schools will be online tomorrow (Thursday) 2 May in all governorates, except Al Wusta.The peak of the new...

Muscat: The Office of Majlis Ash’shura held a meeting under the chairmanship of Khalid bin Hilal al Maawali, Chairman, on Tuesday.During the meeting, the Office approved the request for briefing...

Muscat: A number of governorates witnessed rainfall of varying intensity ranging between 20 mm and 50 mm associated by active wind and hailstones as a result of local cloud formation, on Monday.Heavy...

Muscat: A team from the Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC), headed by Dr. Rashid bin Hamad al Balushi, chairman, and a number of its members and specialists, visited the wounded Palestinians affected...

Muscat: The Consumer Protection Authority (CPA) has booked commercial establishments for selling children's sweets with inappropriate packaging such as depicting a pack of cigarettes.The products were...

Muscat: The Department of Criminal Investigation has arrested seven expatriates of Asian nationality for involving in 30 cases of thefts from homes in the Muscat and South al Batinah governorates.The...

Muscat - Over 30,000 visitors (30,867) traveled to the wilayat of Al Jabel al Akhdar in the Al Dakhiliyah Governorate in the first four months of this year, to take advantage ofthe exceptional weather...

Muscat – The National Bank of Oman (NBO) and NBO Muzn Islamic Banking have introduced Samsung Wallet, the digital payment solution, for all their customers to elevate their digital banking...

Muscat: The Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has formed a fact-finding team to look into the death of people, including several school children, in the North al Sharqiyah Governorate as the...

Muscat: The latest analyses from the National Early Warning Center for Multiple Risks indicate the possibility for a trough of a low pressure system to affect the Sultanate of Oman from May 2, which...

Karachi - Fly Jinnah, Pakistan’s low-cost carrier, will launch new non-stop flights between Islamabad and Muscat from May 10.The new route will initially start with a frequency of two weekly flights...

Amsterdam – Airbus SE reported consolidated financial results for its First Quarter (Q1) ended on March 31, 2024.“We delivered first quarter 2024 results against the backdrop of an operating...

Muscat: One person lost his life while seven others (all Asian nationals) are treated in critical condition following a drowning in the sea in the Shatti al Qurm, according to the Civil Defense and...