Tax Authority’s decision on deducting expenses
Muscat: The Tax Authority has issued Decision 180/2026 amending certain provisions of the Executive Regulations of the Income Tax Law, specifying the conditions for deducting expen…
Progress made in talks with Oman on Hormuz: Iran
Tehran: Iran said on Sunday it had made progress in talks with the Sultanate of Oman on management of the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway crucial for oil and gas trade tha…
Health safety warning issued against baby doll brand
Muscat: The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (MOCIIP) has warned against using the specific Interactive baby doll ( Na! Na! Na! surprise).The product contain…
Iran war spreads to the Red Sea and the Caspian
The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen’s Ansar Allah attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of…
Iran accuses Ukraine of a deadly attack on a ship
Tehran: Iran accused Ukraine on Saturday of attacking one of its merchant vessels in the Caspian Sea, killing a sailor and wounding another, and warned it would not leave the incid…
Iran says it sold $18 bn of oil during war, ceasefire
Tehran: Iran’s oil ministry on Saturday said it was able to sell a total of $18 billion worth of oil during the war and the ensuing ceasefire with the United States.”The ministry s…
Omanisation rate in oiland gas sector at 91.6%
SALALAH: A visitor entering the Energy and Minerals Exhibition 2026 in Salalah can move within minutes from an oil reservoir and a national gas pipeline to mineral samples, electri…
No US strike on Iran for first time in two weeks
WASHINGTON: Yemen’s Ansar Allah fighters fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on Saturday, but the United States held back from launching air strikes…
Nature’s bounty
Water flows through the channels of Falaj Al Khatmeen in Birkat Al Mawz—a site inscribed on the World Heritage List. It is a renowned Daudi (underground gravity-fed) irrigation ch…
APSR launches utility awareness campaign
IBRA: Represented by Nama Group, the Authority for Public Services Regulation (APSR) hosted a national campaign on awareness about electricity and water services in Al Sharqiyah No…