Chinese company building attacked in Kuwait
DUBAI: An Iranian attack hit a building belonging to a Chinese company in northern Kuwait on Thursday, killing a worker and inflicting significant damage, the Kuwaiti defe…
Promotion of baby foods on social media needs approval: FSQC
Muscat: The Food Safety & Quality Center (FSQC) has urged all food handlers, companies, institutions, advertising agencies, influencers, content creators, and social media activist…
‘Heavy wave’ of US strikes against Iran completed
Washington: The United States military completed a “heavy wave” of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said as Washington resumed attacks on Tehran…
Meeting highlights ‘Takamul’ project
SALALAH: Dhofar Municipality, in cooperation with the Projects, Tenders and Local Content Authority, organised an introductory meeting on the ‘Takamul’ project for government proje…
Fear of war’s spread as armed fighters struck in Iraq
CAIRO: The United States and Saudi Arabia jointly struck armed groups in Iraq on Wednesday, the first US air strikes in the Middle East since President Donald Trump suspended the…
Firm efforts to combat human trafficking
MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman joins tomorrow other countries of the world in observing World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, marked annually on 30 July, underscoring the import…
US to hit Iran hard: Trump War widens as pro-Iranian group hit in Iraq
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the US military will hit Iran “hard” after a missile attack against US bases in Jordan, Fox News reported. “We’ll be hitting th…
UN rights office warns of worsening settler violence in West Bank
GENEVA: The UN human rights office on Wednesday warned of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, and urged international action against the killing of…
What should every Omani watt build in return?
The phone in my hand was drawing about 1 watt when I read that Nvidia is reportedly in talks with OpenAI over a proposed data centre project in southern Ohio. Its planned power cap…
Iran and its scorpions
Some of history’s greatest tragedies are not caused by a lack of allies, but by the inability to keep them. An old West Asian fable tells of a scorpion trapped on the bank of a riv…