Cape Verde set up Argentina showdown
Houston: World Cup debutants Cape Verde will face reigning champions Argentina in the knockout rounds after drawing 0-0 with Saudi Arabia on Friday to extend their fairytale journe…
Baena sends Spain into last 32
GUADALAJARA: Spain edged Uruguay 1-0 on Friday to top Group H and reach the knockout stage of the World Cup, with Alex Baena’s first-half strike enough to settle a tense, physica…
Dembele hat-trick seals France’s 4-1 win
FOXBOROUGH: Ousmane Dembele scored a first-half hat-trick as France made sure of top spot in World Cup Group I with a ruthless 4-1 win on Friday over a second-string Norway who lik…
US says it struck Iran targets after attack on cargo ship
Washington: US forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar locations on Friday in response to an Iranian attack on a cargo ship, the US military said.”T…
OPEC to shrink over threat of Iraq exit
LONDON: Iraq has weighed leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries if its oil production quota is not increased, sources told Reuters on Thursday, weeks afte…
Oman’s economic transformation highlighted at key forum
MUSCAT: Oman’s economy has shown a growing ability to adapt to global shifts on the back of balanced policies and gradual structural reforms, according to Mahmoud bin Abdullah al A…
Exports from Omani copper mine total nearly 11,000 tonnes
MUSCAT: Exports of copper concentrate from the Al Washihi-Majaza Copper-Gold Project, located in Al Mudhaibi, reached 62,684 wet metric tonnes (WMT) this past week as mine operator…
Oman’s non-oil revenue inches above budget target
MUSCAT: There is a number at the centre of every conversation about Oman’s public finances, and in 2025 it remained stubbornly consistent: 70 per cent.That is the share of total st…
She bestows her presence in my life as a bigger gift
It was the first day of Eid when I went to the Turkish House Restaurant to have dinner with my parents after a long day of welcoming guests in our houseAs we left the venue with a…
The linguist’s case for cartoons
When I started learning a third language, it was harder than I expected. There was no one to speak with the way I do in English and Arabic, and almost no free media to stumble acro…