MUSCAT - Acting in cooperation with the National Survey Authority and the Ministry of Defence, Google company began implementing a project to cover the roads of the Sultanate of Oman with the Virtual Street View feature. The project is being carried out with the...
MUSCAT - The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism recently published the book titled “Persistent Pastoralism: Monuments and Settlements in the Archaeology of Dhofar,” written by Professor Joy McCorriston. It is the Ministry’s tenth publication in the last five years...
MUSCAT - Due to the expected heavy thundershowers associated with downdraft, fresh winds and hail during tomorrow morning (Thursday, 29 February 2024) over the governorates of North Al Batinah, A’Dhahirah and Al Buraimi and gradually extending towards South Al...
MUSCAT - As part of its efforts to expand scholarly specializations at various levels, the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Council today approved a number of new academic programmes.The Council approved the programmes during its second meeting for academic year...
MUSCAT - The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority will mark the World Civil Defence Day on 1 March. Marking this day comes in implementation of the resolutions of the International Organisation for Civil Defence in order to...
ISTANBUL - The Sultanate of Oman today concluded its participation in the extraordinary meeting of information ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries. Held in Istanbul, the meeting discussed the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting...
MUSCAT - New Zealand’s rider Finn Fisher-Black of UAE Team Emirates put up a dominating performance to win the dramatic 170.4 km stage two of 13th edition for Tour of Oman today in Quriyat. On a day of heavy rains, the Kiwi youngster picked up a spectacular victory...
MUSCAT — The National Multi-Hazard Early Warning Center at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued Alert No.2 on the heavy rainfall expected over the Sultanate of Oman. It reads as follows: “It is expected that heavy thundershowers associated with downdraft...
MUSCAT - The Ministry of Education announced the suspension of schools in all governorates of the Sultanate of Oman tomorrow “Monday”, with the exception of the governorates of Dhofar and Al Wusta. The decision was based on a weather statement indicating that Oman...
GENEVA - The Sultanate of Oman, represented by Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC) took part in the sessions of discussing Oman’s national report on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The sessions took place in the United...
DUQM — His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik presided over the opening of Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries in the Special Economic Zone of Duqm (SEZAD) today, in the presence of Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait. When the two leaders...
MUSCAT - The Public Prosecution Department today reported that the number of lawsuits filed to its units during 2023 grew by 17.2 percent (to a total of 37,836) as against the figure registered in 2022. This was unveiled during an annual conference of Public...
