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SALALAH: Artificial intelligence will not replace leaders capable of understanding and using it, but leaders who master the technology will replace those who do not, according to a presentation by Eng...

SALALAH: Oman’s National Foresight Office has laid out an operating model that would feed early warnings and policy stress tests into Oman Vision 2040 decision-making, allowing assumptions behind...

SALALAH: Dhofar has begun the first phase of Oman’s National Addressing Project, with street-name signs and numbered building plates being installed in Al Saadah in the Wilayat of Salalah as the...

QASIM AL MAASHANI The Arab region received an overall score of 60.5 out of 100 on the 2025 Arab Region SDG Index, while 14 of the 22 Arab League member states did not receive a single green rating...

SALALAH: Dhofar has a licensing framework for green tourism, including agricultural tourism, while proposals to integrate the governorate’s diverse tourism experiences and extend them more widely...

Oman's mining ambitions are becoming easier to see. Measuring their economic impact is harder. New concessions are being developed, copper production has returned and investment is flowing into...

SALALAH: Oman’s rich documentary heritage is reaching a wider audience as the National Records and Archives Authority (NRAA) showcases thousands of historical records at the Return of the Past site...

Dhofar enters the most important month of its tourism year today. August alone accounted for 585,155 visitors during the 2025 Khareef season — 54.6 per cent of the season’s estimated total of...

SALALAH: The cloud forests on the seaward slopes of the Dhofar Mountains do more than create the lush landscape associated with khareef. Research shows that these forests enhance groundwater recharge...

SALALAH: Five private schools account for half of ten new government land agreements signed in Dhofar, marking a shift in land allocations towards education, services and diversified investment...

MUSCAT: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has expanded its long-term engineering and construction contractor pool after India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) signed a six-year framework agreement covering...

Every producing field in Oman has an end date. Some are decades away; others are closer. The question worth asking is not only how much a field yields before that date, but what remains standing...

MUSCAT: Crusoe, the US artificial intelligence infrastructure company in which Oman Investment Authority (OIA) retains a stake, plans to pair a modular data centre with an advanced nuclear reactor at...

SALALAH: Oman should establish a national observatory on the future of work; and use artificial intelligence and big-data analysis to anticipate what its labour market will need, as policymakers...

SALALAH: Officials and labour specialists meeting in Salalah on Monday examined how Oman could use social protection to help people move from direct assistance towards sustainable participation in...

SALALAH: Public confidence in Oman’s energy and minerals sector cannot be built through project announcements and performance indicators alone, the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and...

SALALAH: Behind Dhofar’s mist-covered mountains, crowded attractions and busy roads, a round-the-clock emergency operation is under way to support the safe movement of residents and visitors during...

SALALAH: Officials in Dhofar are examining possible locations for organised family camps after a proposal to revive one of the governorate's traditional Khareef practices, according to a member...

The Tax Authority set the RO 42,000 exemption threshold after examining income data collected from several government entities. In its announcement of the Personal Income Tax Law on June 22, 2025, the...

SALALAH: As mist settles over Dhofar’s mountains and valleys, the crowds gathering at Atin Square after dark reveal another side of Oman’s monsoon season — one built around live performance,...