Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the south of the country, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday.The…

The Al Busaid State Foundation Day, by Imam Sayyid Ahmed bin Said, in 1744, was a pivotal event and a landmark in Omani history. It laid the foundations of national unity and delin…

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on Sunday conferred Royal medals at Al Barakah Palace upon a number of Their Highnesses, ministers, senior officials, and commanders of…

LONDON — The response was ready to go.After furious headlines in a British newspaper accused the BBC of institutional bias over a misleading edit of a speech by President Donald Tr…

NEW DELHI — India is getting hotter, faster.The grim present presages a grimmer future for the world’s most populous country, which is experiencing more frequent and severe heat wa…

BRUSSELS: European Union foreign ministers will discuss next week a proposal for the bloc to take the lead in training 3,000 Palestinian police officers with the aim of later deplo…

BELEM, Brazil: Thousands of people marched through the streets of Belem on Saturday to press for action from negotiators holding tough talks at the UN’s COP30 climate conference in…

An indigenous man attends a protest to call for climate justice and territorial protection during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil. — Reuters

Red-billed gulls are seen in their colony in Taiaroa Head at the northeastern tip of the Otago Peninsula in Dunedin. — AFP

BARKA: The Oman Equestrian Federation organised the National Day Horse Race yesterday at the Rahba Racecourse in the Wilayat of Barka, as part of the federation’s celebrations of t…