Iran’s top negotiator threatens ‘faster, more intense’ response to US attacks
Tehran: Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf threatened on Sunday to launch swifter and more forceful responses to US attacks, after an exchange of fire in which Tehran…
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau eruption halts flights, schools, fishing
An eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau caused six airports to suspend flight operations on Sunday, affecting hundreds of flights at Jakarta’s main airport, after some schoo…
What do you know about Rwanda
As the President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda pays an official two-day visit to the Sultanate of Oman on Monday, we look about some of the interesting facts about this Afr…
This school principal in Nepal saved 900 students
Nuwakot, Nepal: Rajendra Dawadi was inside his school near Nepal’s Trishuli River with around 900 students last week when a colleague delivered an urgent warning.”My accountant cam…
What do you know Rwanda
As the President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda pays an official two-day visit to the Sultanate of Oman on Monday, we look about some of the interesting facts about this Afr…
OPEC+ set to keep oil output policy unchanged on Sunday
OPEC+ is set to keep its oil output policy unchanged for October at a meeting on Sunday, two people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, as the producer group needs to agre…
Government project reviews deliver RO280m in cumulative savings
Muscat: A government project management framework built around mandatory stage-gate reviews has contributed to cumulative financial savings of around RO280 million, as Oman tighten…
Will a turnaround plan revive Volkswagen or merely delay its demise?
Volkswagen has won support from its unions to carry out the most sweeping overhaul in the German automaker’s 89-year history. But the biggest tests for the company and its CEO, Oli…
Students back to schools for new academic year
Muscat: A total of 876,117 students began the 2026/2027 academic year on Sunday across 1,298 schools in the Sultanate of Oman.Of the total, 440,899 are male students and 435,218 ar…
Jakarta’s main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Jakarta: Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometres away, impa…