Ivory Coast top group ahead of Cameroon, Algeria win again
RABAT: Reigning champions Ivory Coast pipped Cameroon to top spot in their group after Algeria maintained their perfect record as the first round of the Africa Cup of Nations concl…
Cummins, Hazlewood in spin-heavy Australia squad for T20 World Cup
MELBOURNE: Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were on Thursday named in a spin-heavy provisional Australian squad for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup after their Ashes campaign was ruin…
RO 5.2 bn for Social and Basic Services in 2026 Budget
MUSCAT: Oman has earmarked RO 5.2 billion for spending on social sectors and basic services in its 2026 State General Budget, underscoring the government’s continued focus on human…
Renewables to supply 40% of Oman’s power by 2040: Al Saqri
Dr Said bin Mohammed Al Saqri, Minister of Economy, has described the Clean Energy and Green Hydrogen sector as “the economy of the future,” noting that renewable energy and hydrog…
Oman allocates RO500 million towards labour market
MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy, announced the allocation of approximately RO100 million per year towards the Nati…
1,600 MW of solar and wind projects under procurement in Oman
MUSCAT,: Having overseen a sizable increase in renewable energy capacity in 2025, Nama Power and Water Procurement Company (Nama PWP) – the single buyer of electricity and desalina…
The system that protects banks and punishes people
Let me begin with a scene that still weighs on me. A man sat beside me in Maktab Sanad, just a few steps away from the courthouse — barely twenty metres from where justice is meant…
First impressions of Rimal Al Sharqiya’s quiet luxury
Last weekend, we took my sister, who is like a sister, visiting us in Oman all the way from Amsterdam, to Bidiyah to explore the desert, and perhaps find ourselves out there after…
Minister: Funds approved for remaining 2016 employee promotions
The Minister of Finance has announced that the necessary financial allocations will be provided to all government entities to enable the promotion of the remaining employees from t…
Oman Budget 2026: 42 new schools, 6 hospitals this year
During the media briefing on the 11th Five-Year Development Plan and the State Budget 2026, Abdullah al Harthi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, said that RO5.2 billion h…