Muscat: Oman’s natural gas production and imports grew by 4.9 per cent to 27,569 million cubic meters (MNCM) for the first eight months of 2016, compared...
Ankara/Istanbul: Turkish authorities suspended nearly 13,000 police officers, detained dozens of air force officers and shut down a TV station on Tuesday,...
Muscat: Studies shouldn’t be given up for sports and a balance needs to be struck when trying to do both, said Sufyan Mahmood, the only Omani cricketer in...
Muscat: More parents are opting to send their children to private schools as public school enrolment shot up during the 2015-2016 academic year, according...
Gaza: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is feeling a backlash at home over his attendance at the funeral of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres, who shared a...
Bangkok: Thailand is considering testing all pregnant women for Zika, the health ministry said on Monday, following confirmation last week of its first...
Kunduz (Afghanistan): Taliban fighters entered the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Monday, almost exactly a year after they briefly seized it in their...