MUSCAT - The Sultanate of Oman today hosted the 7th meeting of the GCC Education Ministers’ Committee. The meeting discussed a wide range of topics, including the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of education, the effects of the Fourth Industrial...
MUSCAT - The National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT) today launched the second edition of the national awareness campaign titled “Insan” (Human) to outline the concept of human trafficking and its related international agreements, besides highlighting...
MUSCAT - For the second year in a row, specialists from the Environment Authority have been joining hands with experts from the NOAA (the US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and an Omani seas future team in implementing a project to study the...
SALALAH - A ceremony was ogranised by the Ministry of Social Development to launch the second report titled “Prospects for Implementing and Monitoring the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities in GCC States”. The ceremony took place at the Sultan Qaboos...
SALALAH - As many as 739,884 tourists and visitors showed up at Khareef Dhofar venues from the start of the monsoon season until 15 August 2023. The number of visitors was 16.3 percent higher than its counterpart during the corresponding period in 2022, when (636,218...
BANGKOK - Oman Table Tennis Association (OTTA) today signed a cooperation agreement with the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) as part of the OTA’s strategy to develop table tennis in Oman.The agreement was signed by Abdullah Mohammed Bamkhalif, OTTA...
MUSCAT - Sultan Qaboos University today launched the phase of testing drone flying skills for students contesting Oman AI-Enhanced Drones Flying Competition, following a training programme.A programme training the 3rd group of students for the competition is...
MUSCAT - The heads of GCC Red Crescent organizations and societies today held the 19th meeting of the Gulf Red Crescent Committee. The meeting was chaired by Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Al Shamsi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Development, and Member of the Board...
MUSCAT - Bait Al Zubair opened the (Luminous Threads) exhibition by a group of students, in the presence of the artist Anwar Sonia. These works are a representation of the memories, interests and wishes of a group of young female artists, graduates of the General...
MUSCAT - The embassy of the People’s Republic of China today held a ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the Sultanate of Oman and China.The event was held under the auspices of Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al Harthy, Undersecretary...
MUSCAT - Al Tabseel season - the annual harvest and processing of ripe dates – is a busy time when families gather in their farms for this much-awaited, yearly exercise.This year too, the annual dates’ harvest in the Sharqiyah region was conducted in an atmosphere of...
SALALAH - The first summer school of its kind, in Oman, for higher education institutions’ academic staff was organised in Salalah by Sultan Qaboos University (SQU).Activities of the 5-day programme took the slogan: "Designing educational materials for a...
