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Muscat: The Board of Directors of the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ) held on Wednesday its second meeting for 2023, chaired by Dr Ali Masoud al Sunaidy, Chairman of...

Salalah: The Sultanate of Oman’s budget carrier SalamAir began operating its first direct flights between Bahrain International Airport and Salalah Airport, at a rate of two flights per week, on...

Muscat: Maj Gen Hamid Ahmed Sakroon, Chairman of the Academy for Strategic and Defence Studies on Tuesday visited the National Defence College (NDC) to inspect the implementation of the annual...

Muscat: Shaikh Ghosn Hilal al Alawi, Chairman of State Audit Institution (SAI), has presented SAI annual report to His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik. The report highlights outcomes of SAI action...

Muscat: Oman Investment Authority (OIA) ranked second in the world in the index of development of governance and sustainability performance between 2022 and 2023. It posted 28% improvement in its...

Geneva: GCC countries have urged the international community to give priority to climate change due to its wide and complex impacts. They voiced their concern for the phenomenon’s negative...

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman has expressed its denunciation and condemnation of the recurrent Israeli attacks on the city of Jenin and Palestinian camps in the West Bank.In a statement issued by the...

Muscat: The revenues of 3-5 star hotels in the Sultanate of Oman recorded a rise by 34.7% at the end of May 2023 to reach RO 98.426 million compared to RO 73.058 million during the corresponding...

Salalah: The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth completed preparations to carry out the activities of the 2023 Dhofar Khareef (monsoon) season’s cultural and sports.Musa Abdullah al Kasabi,...

London: Tasks of the 4th edition of Duqm Refinery’s Leadership Programme for Outstanding Students began in the United Kingdom (UK) on Monday.The programme is conducted by Takatuf Oman in cooperation...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on Monday issued two Royal decrees, reading as follows:Royal Decree No 44/2023 establishes Khazaen Economic City and promulgates its Bylaw (articles of...

Muscat: Activities of the annual strategic exercise “Decision Making-10” began at the National Defence College (NDC) on Sunday.The exercise is carried out by the NDC tenth batch from various...

Mecca: Convoys of Omani pilgrims began the trip back home from the Holy Lands after performing the farewell ritual circumambulation ‘tawaf al wadaa’.Sultan Said al Hinai, Head of the Omani Hajj...

Mecca: The Omani Hajj mission on Sunday announced the death of Said Abdullah al Rahbi, a 79-year-old Omani pilgrim who passed away in the Holy Lands after performing the farewell circumambulation of...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik and King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan exchanged greetings, during a phone call this evening, on the occasion of the...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has received a written message from Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, dealing with various aspects of cooperation between Oman and...

Muscat: The Ministry of Energy and Minerals on Monday signed a concession agreement in the mining sector for exploration and mining of potash ore in concession area No 53-A in the swamp area of Umm...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on Monday exchanged greetings on the occasion of Eid Al Adha during phone calls with Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, President of the United Arab...

Muscat: Acting in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, the Secretariat General of the Tender Board on Sunday floated tenders for the implementation of...

Muscat: A specialized surgical team at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) succeeded in performing a surgical operation for a 14-year-old girl suffering from severe hearing loss.The operation...