Spanish authorities struggles as wildfire scorches 12,000 hectares
MADRID: A wildfire raging 100 kilometres north of Madrid has spread, burning more than 12,000 hectares and forcing several hundred people to evacuate, local authorities announced o…
Duqm campaign targets Khareef travellers
DUQM: The Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD) has launched a two-month tourism campaign aimed at encouraging travellers heading to Dhofar during the Khareef season to stop in Duq…
OIA-backed Terminal 11 joins CIC Global Network
MUSCAT: Omani innovation hub Terminal 11 has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), one of the world’s leading organizations in design…
Temperatures to near 50°C as mercury set to surge from Sunday evening
Muscat: The Oman Meteorology Department has forecast a gradual but marked rise in temperatures across the coastal areas overlooking the Sea of Oman and the desert regions from Sund…
Oman private firms’ value added eases to RO 8.1 billion
MUSCAT: The value added generated by active private sector enterprises in the Sultanate of Oman slipped 1.7 per cent year-on-year to RO 8.1 billion in the first quarter of 2026, re…
Oman opens bidding for Salalah limestone mining sites
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Energy and Minerals has launched a public investment opportunity for two limestone mining sites in Salalah, inviting qualified Omani companies to bid for th…
Oman opens renewable power market to direct sales
MUSCAT: Oman’s electricity market is set for a major transformation following the introduction of a new regulatory framework allowing renewable energy producers to sell electricity…
SOHAR starts work on $50 million zinc recycling park
MUSCAT: Construction has begun on a $50 million (RO 19.2 million) zinc recycling and processing industrial park at SOHAR Freezone, marking the latest investment in Oman’s downstrea…
Horror film ‘Obsession’ is exploding cinema profit records
Low-budget horror film Obsession, directed by first-time filmmaker Curry Barker, has become one of the most profitable films in cinema history, earning more than $400 million world…
Marvel Comics to move publishing operations to California, report says
Marvel Comics will relocate its publishing division from New York City to Burbank, California, ending a nearly 90-year presence in the city where the comic book publisher was fo…