UK to launch digital ID scheme
London – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday announced plans to introduce a free digital ID for both UK nationals and those residing in the country, in a bid to curb illegal m…
Stop violence, adhere to peace: Oman
NEW YORK: The Sultanate of Oman participated in the joint meeting between the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and the United States of America…
No role for Hamas in state of Palestine: Abbas in UN
UNITED NATIONS: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Thursday rejected any future role for Hamas, as he appealed for full global support for a state in the face of Israeli annexation…
Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival
TILOUGUIT: In Morocco’s High Atlas mountains, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a centuries-old language,…
ROP Qurum continues to offer Labour cards, other expats services
All Royal Oman Police (ROP) services offered to expatriates are still carried out at the Al Qurum Command, while services to Omanis are shifted to Al Athaiba.Earlier, the Muscat Go…
First edition of ‘Itlaq’ accelerator
MUSCAT: The activities of the first edition of the ‘Itlaq’ Accelerator Programme concluded in Muscat Governorate. The programme aimed to support the transformation of entrepreneuri…
700,000 Palestinians flee south from Gaza City
The Israeli military said that 700,000 Palestinians have fled Gaza City to the south since late August, as it presses an air and ground assault on the urban centre.When asked, the…
Security tight after deadly Ladakh autonomy protests
LEH, India: Indian police patrolled the northern city of Leh on Thursday, a day after protests demanding greater autonomy for the Himalayan territory of Ladakh turned deadly when s…
India signs $7 bn deal for domestically made fighter jets
NEW DELHI: India signed a $7 billion order for 97 domestically designed and built Tejas fighter jets as its air force retires its Russian MiG-21 fleet after decades of use.One of t…
7 monks killed in Lanka cable car accident
COLOMBO: Seven Buddhist monks, including three foreigners, were killed when their cable-pulled rail car snapped and crashed down a mountainside in north-western Sri Lanka, police s…