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Sunday 09/February/2020 12:19 PM

Expat worker detained, deported from Oman

Muscat: An expat worker has been imprisoned for three months for selling non-smoking tobacco and deported from the country. According to the Public...

Saturday 08/February/2020 21:52 PM

Meet-the-people tours of late HM helped in policy making

Muscat: Meet-the-people tours (Royal Tours) of late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimour represented a unique method of participation of...

Saturday 08/February/2020 21:12 PM

More than OMR1.5bn invested in Oman's industrial sector in the first half of 2019

Muscat: Reflecting the growing role Oman’s industrial sector is playing in the country’s economic development, the foreign investment in this sector...

Saturday 08/February/2020 21:03 PM

Soldier kills more than 10 in shooting spree in north-eastern Thailand

BANGKOK: A Thai soldier has killed at least 12 people in the north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, local media reported Saturday. The alleged...

Saturday 08/February/2020 20:07 PM

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony nearly 80% complete, says director Nomura

Tokyo: Chief executive creative director Mansai Nomura said here on Friday that they have completed nearly 80 percent of the work for the opening and...

Saturday 08/February/2020 18:43 PM

Locusts : A seasonal treat for some

Muscat: Although locusts are normally known for the damage they do to crops, some Omanis also consider them to be a delicacy and have not hesitated to catch...

Saturday 08/February/2020 15:10 PM

Coronavirus: First non-Chinese deaths reported

Global health authorities have reported 34,800 cases of coronavirus worldwide. The vast majority of cases are in mainland China, where there are confirmed...

Saturday 08/February/2020 14:56 PM

Australia braces for tropical cyclone as heavy rain lashes bushfire area

Western Australia was lashed by destructive winds on Saturday as the bushfire-ravaged country braced for an incoming storm. Tropical cyclone Damien was...

Saturday 08/February/2020 10:44 AM

Eating garlic not a cure for coronavirus - WHO

Muscat: Dismissing rumours over the eating of plenty of garlic being a home remedy to cure the novel coronavirus, the WHO’s office in Oman has said this...

Thursday 06/February/2020 07:10 AM

1 killed, 157 wounded as plane slides off runway in Istanbul

ISTANBUL: One killed and 157 others wounded when a plane slided off the runway at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen International Airport on Wednesday, Turkish...