RIYADH - H Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth took part today in the special meeting of the World Economic Forum. The event is hosted in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, under the theme “Global Collaboration, Growth and...
Health Minister, governors discuss means to improve governorates’ access to health services
MUSCAT - Dr Hilal Ali Al Sabti, Minister of Health, and governors from around Oman today held a consultative meeting to discuss cooperation and coordination about the best means to serve the public interest. The two sides considered means to unify efforts and ease...
Oman marks World Intellectual Property Day
SALALAH - Represented by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, the Sultanate of Oman today celebrated the World Intellectual Property Day under the theme of “Intellectual Property (IP) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—Building Our Common...
Oman, FAO hold consultative meeting on climate risks
MUSCAT - The FAO Office in Muscat today organized a consultative meeting with the authorities concerned in the Sultanate of Oman. The meeting was attended by representatives of the sectors of agriculture, water, environment and climate change. The meeting relates to a...
Information Minister delivers statement before Shura Council, outlines media strategy
MUSCAT - The Shura Council today hosted Dr Abdullah Nasser Al Harrasi, Minister of Information, to discuss the ministry’s statement. In the statement, which coincided with the Council’s 8th regular session of the 10th Term’s first annual convening, the minister...
Human trafficking forum calls for updating laws to keep pace with crime rates, techniques
MUSCAT - The Government Forum to Combat Human Trafficking in the Middle East (2024), hosted by the Sultanate of Oman, came up with a number of recommendations, among them calls for updating laws to keep pace with human trafficking crimes and novel techniques that the...
Top German college awards Indian student from Oman ‘best postgraduate student of year’
MUSCAT - A former student of Oman Dental College (ODC), currently working as a dentist at a dental clinic in Al Dakhliyah region, was awarded the ‘best postgraduate student of year, 2023’ by one of the top medical colleges in Germany, recently.Best postgraduate...
Shura Council to discuss Draft Media Law, Information Ministry statement next week
MUSCAT - On 22 April 2024, the Shura Council will host Dr Abdullah Nasser Al Harrasi, Minister of Information, who will deliver the Information Ministry’s statement during a public session. The session is part of the 8th regular sitting of the council's first annual...
Online learning to continue in schools as trough persists in Oman
MUSCAT - To ensure the safety of school students, the Ministry of Education said that it has been decided to continue suspending work in schools and applying distance learning in all public, private and foreign schools in all governorates of the Sultanate of Oman on...
CAA issues weather alert (4) on heavy rainfall
MUSCAT - Heavy thunderstorms (30-100 mm) accompanied with strong downdraft winds and hail expected during tonight and tomorrow morning (Wednesday) over governorates of Musandam, Al Buraimi, A’Dhahirah, North Al Batinah and A’Dakhiliyah, Muscat, South Al Batinah,...
Weather condition impacting some Omani governorates peaks tomorrow
MUSCAT - Atmospheric data analysis conducted by the National Multi-Hazards Early Warning Centre (Civil Aviation Authority) indicates that the current weather condition in the Sultanate of Oman will peak tomorrow April 16, 2024. Aisha Jumaa Al Qasmi, a meteorologist at...
Weather condition accidents in some Omani governorates claim 12 lives
MUSCAT - The search and rescue sector of the National Committee for Emergency Management (NCEM) announced today that 12 people lost their lives when their vehicles got swept away in gushing wadi waters.The dead included 11 citizens (2 adults and 9 pupils) and 1...