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Muscat: The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic held a meeting on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Sayyid Hamoud Faisal al Busaidi, Minister of...

A huge number of vaccine doses have gone to waste in India even as several states are reporting vaccine shortages, blunting the country’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 4.4...

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Investment Promotion (MoCIIP) has said that it is working on many initiatives, which will be launched soon to create a conducive investment environment. The...

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has issued two Royal Decrees. Royal Decree No (37/ 2021) ratifying the Sultanate of Oman’s joining the Arab Framework Agreement on Service Trade...

Oman oil price for June delivery reached $65.92, comprising a rise by 95 cents from the price of Monday, which was $64.97. The average price of Oman oil for April delivery has stabilised at $60.85,...

King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua of Thailand receives at the Royal Palace the credentials of Issa bin Abdullah al Alawi as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the...

Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) has issued a notice to business owners in the land transport sector regarding new regulations issued by Saudi Arabia for operators in this field. The...

MUSCAT: The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Council on Monday held its third meeting of the academic year 2020-2021 under the auspices of Dr Rahma bint Ibrahim bin Said al Mahrouqiyah, Minister of...

A spraying campaign for fighting Dubas bug has begun in the Wilayat of Al Kamil W’al Wafi. A total of 164,000 acres will be covered by aerial spraying by using the drone technology for the first...

N’DJAMENA: Chad’s President Idriss Deby, who ruled his country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally in the fight against militants in Africa, has been killed on the frontline...

VLADIMIR: Alexei Navalny’s doctors were again denied access on Tuesday to the jailed Kremlin critic despite growing concern over the hunger-striking Russian opposition figure’s failing health. A...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand authorities revealed an Auckland airport worker had tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, although Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it would not affect a newly opened...

DUBAI: Iran began enriching uranium to 60 per cent purity in order to show its technical capacity after a sabotage attack at a nuclear plant, and the move is quickly reversible if the United States...

TEL AVIV: Israel has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer enabling the country to obtain millions more doses of vaccines, a government statement said on Monday. Nearly five million...

THE HAGUE: The world’s chemical weapons watchdog will decide this week whether to impose unprecedented sanctions on Syria for its alleged use of toxic arms and failure to declare its...

NEW DELHI: India, the country currently being hit hardest by the pandemic, on Tuesday reported its worst daily death toll, with large parts of the country now under lockdown amid a fast-rising second...

SEOUL: More than 30 South Korean college students shaved their heads in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Tuesday to protest Japan’s decision to release water from its crippled Fukushima...

MANILA: Nick Yañez, a 28-year-old ambulance nurse in a satellite city of Manila, says she sometimes spends six to seven hours in her emergency vehicle caring for a Covid-19 patient before a bed can...

JAKARTA: Southeast Asian countries will discuss the crisis in Myanmar at a summit in Jakarta on Saturday, the Asean bloc’s secretariat said on Tuesday, but Thailand’s prime minister said several...

BERLIN: Bavarian premier Markus Soeder conceded defeat on Tuesday in his battle with Christian Democrat chairman Armin Laschet to lead their conservative alliance into Germany’s federal election in...