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MUSCAT, SEPT 17 TotalEnergies has launched a three-year artificial intelligence programme involving an investment of more than €100 million to develop advanced models for oil and gas exploration and...

MUSCAT, SEPT 17 The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) raised its repo rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent effective Thursday, marking its first upward move since the repo rate was raised to 6 per cent in...

Muscat: The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) raised its repo rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent effective Thursday, marking its first upward move since the repo rate was raised to 6 per cent in July...

SALALAH, SEPT 16 Arab and Gulf officials called on Wednesday for stronger employment, entrepreneurship and technology-driven opportunities for people with disabilities, arguing that economic...

SALALAH: Technology and artificial intelligence are becoming a central route to independence for people with disabilities, the Ministry of Social Development said on Wednesday as a two-day forum on...

MUSCAT: The value of bullion held by the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) doubled to RO 468.1 million at the end of 2025, from RO 234 million a year earlier, as higher global gold prices generated a...

Oman’s instant-payment system sharply widened its value lead over the national OmanNet card network during the first half of 2026, as account-to-account payments grew considerably faster than...

SALALAH: An entire Khareef season brought 652,986 visitors to Dhofar in 2016. Ten years later, an Observer calculation based on official cumulative figures puts the number recorded in August 2026...

When inflation falls, prices do not necessarily fall with it. Lower inflation simply means prices are rising more slowly; household grocery bills, transport costs and other everyday expenses do not...

SALALAH, SEPT 9 A Sultan Qaboos University study has ranked parts of Salalah and Taqah among Oman’s three most suitable areas for new urban development, while finding that a new urban community...

SALALAH, SEPTEMBER 9 The 2nd Omani Afro-Chinese Business Forum opened in Salalah on Wednesday with the launch of a digital business platform and the addition of Chinese participation to an initiative...

SALALAH: A new digital business platform linking Oman with African markets was launched in Salalah on Wednesday during the second Omani Afro-Chinese Business Forum. The platform, oman-africa.com, was...

Water was observed cascading at Ayn Athum on Tuesday, marking a late seasonal appearance after the waterfall remained without significant flow through much of this year’s KhareefSalalah: Water...

SALALAH: A marine-pilot training model being implemented at the Port of Salalah could be replicated at other Omani ports if it proves successful, according to the Ministry of Transport, Communications...

Salalah : The 64th meeting of the Executive Council of the Arab Towns Organisation was held on Monday at Rotana Salalah Resort in Dhofar Governorate, ahead of the organisation’s 20th General...

MUSCAT, SEPT 7 Omani legal-technology company instaSpace says it now has paying customers in 17 countries, with Saudi Arabia becoming its fastest-growing market in the region as the Muscat-based firm...

SALALAH, SEPT 7 About half of the treated wastewater produced across Oman is not currently being put to productive use, a Nama Water Services policy expert said in an exclusive interview in Salalah....

SALALAH: The Digital Educational Atlas of the Sultanate of Oman and the World was launched on Monday, marking a new step in the use of geospatial technology in education as an international conference...

SALALAH, Sept 5 Dhofar is entering a different phase of its tourism season — the weeks immediately following the main family holiday rush. Khareef is still under way, but the character of tourism is...

The war that began on February 28, 2026 exposed a structural weakness in the Gulf economy that high oil prices could not conceal. When shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a fraction of...