Twenty-two people have died as a rare spell of torrential rain in Colombia left thousands of families displaced. Colombian officials confirmed that 14 of the fatalities came in the…

Heavy security was deployed after automatic gunfire rang out near Conakry’s central prison in the Guinean capital’s administrative centre where the presidency is located. Security…

Musher Nukaaraq Lennert Olsen prepares his sled dogs for a ride at the “dog town” near Sisimiut, Greenland. – AFP

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s police chief said that more than 150,000 officers will be deployed for this week’s elections, warning that more than half of polling stations were flagged as vu…

MUSCAT: Eng Said bin Hamoud al Maawali, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, said there is no merger between Oman Air and SalamAir, amidst widespread s…

MUSCAT: Oman’s small and medium enterprise (SME) sector reached 130,359 registered firms by end-December 2025, as the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Riyada) ro…

The official working hours during the Holy Month of Ramadhan for the year 1447 AH shall be as follows: For the State Administrative Apparatus, the official working hours during the…

MUSCAT: Revenues of three- to five-star hotels in the Sultanate of Oman rose by 22.2 per cent by the end of December 2025, reaching around RO 297.316 million compared with the same…

MUSCAT: Oman Food Capital, a holding company under Oman Investment Authority, has signed a strategic partnership with JBS SA of Brazil, one of the largest food companies in the wor…

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