First CEPA shipments set Oman-India trade agreement in motion
MUSCAT, JULY 9Indian exporters have begun using the Oman-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to move early seafood and processed-food shipments to the Sultana…
Gold slips on inflation jitters as tensions flare
SINGAPORE: Gold prices declined on Thursday, hovering near their lowest level in a week touched in the previous session, as escalating tensions between the United States and Iran d…
Minister briefed about farming challenges in Dhofar
SALALAH: Dr Saud bin Hamoud Al Habsi, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources, on Thursday toured farms in Al Najd area, in the Dhofar Governorate, where he took not…
Civil Aviation Authority launches DroneX for students
MUSCAT: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), in partnership with WingTech Company, has launched the DroneX summer technical programme for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), under the…
France urges calm during World Cup game
Paris: France has urged its football fans to be responsible as their team prepares to face African champions Morocco on Thursday in a World Cup quarter-final, after previous high-p…
US-Iran strikes: latest developments
The United States struck scores of targets in Iran, including the railway line between Tehran and Mashhad, hours before late supreme leader Ali Khamenei was due to be buried on Thu…
Oman to witness rise in temperatures from July 9 to 11
Muscat: The monitoring station in the Wilayat of Muscat recorded a temperature of 41°C, as a heatwave continues to affect several coastal and desert areas across the Sultanate of O…
Oman to witness further rise in temperatures from July 9 to 11
Muscat: The monitoring station in the Wilayat of Muscat recorded a temperature of 41°C, as a heatwave continues to affect several coastal and desert areas across the Sultanate of O…
Oman, Azerbaijan relations poised for greater growth
Muscat: The bilateral relations of Oman and Azerbaijan are all set to scale high in future as the friendly nations share their common priorities, including private-sector growth…
Heatwave linked to more than 5,000 deaths in Germany
Germany has recorded an estimated 5,120 heat-related deaths so far this year, most of them in late June when weekly average temperatures far exceeded 20 degrees Celsius, the Ro…