Israeli fire kills 11 Gazans, including 2 kids
CAIRO: Israeli fire killed 11 Palestinians, including two boys and three journalists, in Gaza on Wednesday, local medics said. The Israeli military said it had “eliminated” a Pale…
Hamas must give up weapons or be blown away: Trump
DAVOS: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it should be known within three weeks whether Hamas will agree to give up its weapons, and threatened action if the group does n…
Syria’s Rifaat al Assad, ‘Butcher of Hama’, dies aged 88
DAMASCUS: Rifaat al Assad, uncle of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al Assad and dubbed the “Butcher of Hama” for suppressing an uprising in the 1980s, has died aged 88, two sources cl…
Israel orders Gazans to move in the first forced evacuation
Israeli forces have ordered dozens of Palestinian families in the southern Gaza Strip to leave their homes in the first forced evacuation since last October’s ceasefire, as reside…
A simple tool for making sense of a complex world
There is a beautiful Hadith that says when a person passes away, three things continue to benefit them: useful knowledge, sustainable charity and righteous offspring who pray for t…
Sayyid Badr, FMs review regional developments
MUSCAT: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, held a telephone call with Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia….
Oman targets to receive 70,000 visitors from Spain
MADRID: The Sultanate of Oman has launched a promotional campaign covering key attraction sites across the Kingdom of Spain, coinciding with its participation in the International…
Royal Hospital localises molecular colorectal cancer tests
MUSCAT: The Royal Hospital succeeded in localising molecular tests for colorectal cancer (KRAS, NRAS, BRAF) as part of efforts made by the hospital’s Department of Medical Laborato…
Omani crafts making their way into global markets
MUSCAT: Yousef bin Abdullah al Jahwari, the founder and CEO of Al Madar Ceramics Factory in Al Suwaiq, stated in an interview with the Observer that handcrafted products bring valu…
Research project leads to commercial production of spirulina algae
MUSCAT: The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has made a new scientific milestone by producing spirulina algae in commercial quantities for the first time in its history.The achieveme…