Is the BRAT diet really the best way to treat a stomach bug?
I’ve always heard that the BRAT diet, with its bland foods, helps ease diarrhea and nausea from a stomach bug. Do doctors still recommend that?A: Doctors once swore by a diet of b…
Thieves steal 4 Renaissance paintings from Italian museum
Four paintings by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen from a museum in Messina, Sicily, on Saturday, Italian officials said.Taking advantage of an annual religious…
2 dead in the Philippines school shooting
Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, and the situation was now under control, officials said,…
Vessel struck by unknown projectile Hormuz:
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) received a report on Tuesday that a vessel was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting outbound in the Strait of Ho…
Come Write for Us: The Pop Pacific Blog Guidelines (v 2.0)
HM, UAE President discuss relations
His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on Monday paid a private fraternal visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), during which he held a meeting with Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Na…
Efforts on to contain oil spill from ‘Caroline Bezengi’
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology continues its salvage and oil spill containment operations involving the tanker “Caroline Bezengi”, whi…
Contract signed to establish chemical mixing project
NIZWA: Nizwa Industrial City, affiliated with the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates ‘Madayn’, signed on Monday a long-term investment usufruct contract to establish a pro…
Workshop explores private sector opportunities under CEPA
SALALAH: An awareness workshop on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of India, held in the Wilayat of Salalah, e…
Iran vows offensive if diplomacy with US fails
DUBAI: Iran has decided to shift its policy from defensive to “fully offensive” due to the deadlock in efforts to agree on a permanent end to its war with the United States, a seni…