Veteran Indian actor Dharmendra dies
Indian Bollywood actor Dharmendra passed away on Monday morning in Mumbai at the age of 89, according to local media reports. The veteran actor, who had worked in over 300 films ov…
One-Day family adventure from Muscat: The perfect National Day holiday escape
Muscat: Oman has announced official holidays as part of the National Day celebrations from November 26 to 27. With the weekend included, citizens and residents will enjoy a four-da…
Omani-Spanish partnership to manufacture wind towers locally
Muscat: Ophiolite Oman LLC – part of the well-known Omani business house A Mohamed & Ahmed Al Khonji Group Co. – has signed a strategic agreement with Spain’s Windtechnic Engineeri…
Sayyid Bilarab patronises the opening of water projects
Muscat – HH Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham al Said patronised Nama Water Services Company’s celebration of the completion of strategic projects in the water sector at a total cost of o…
India’s RBI puts brakes on rupee slide
The Reserve Bank of India stepped in aggressively on Monday to slow the downward pressure on the rupee that had built up after the local currency slipped past a key level on Friday…
Ethiopian volcano erupts, plume drifts towards Yemen, Oman
The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northeastern Ethiopia violently awoke on Monday, November 24, marking its first time of its explosion as the peak has no known history of eruption in the…
Motorcyclist dies in ‘Globe of Death’ circus accident
An accident during a live circus stunt in Italy involving motorcycles circling a metal sphere left a young performer dead and another gravely injured, according to statements from…
Titanic passenger’s pocket watch sells for $2.3 million
A gold-trimmed pocket watch stopped ticking at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, as the Titanic was sinking in the North Atlantic. Its wealthy owner was seen standing on the deck, arm i…
Oman, Syria explore avenues of economic cooperation
Muscat: Gen Sultan bin Mohammed al Numani, Minister of the Royal Office, received at his office on Sunday Asaad Hassan al Shaibani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of t…
Ministry supports Initiatives to restore historical buildings
Muscat: The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism is lending support to citizens’ initiatives to restore historical buildings and sites in different governorates of the Sultanate of Oma…