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In a feature ‘Wadi and soul: the best hikes in Oman’, Lonely Planet lauds the country’s vibrant cultural heritage by saying that “it is deeply intertwined with the gifts of its terrain, and it...

New Delhi: India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday revised its guidelines for international arrivals in the wake of the flattening curve in the country and around the globe.The...

Five things to look for when you are at the Muttrah Souq

Muscat: The Ministry of Health on Monday announced the registration of the first two cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron. Two citizens coming from abroad tested positive for Omicron, said the...

MUSCAT: Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, Shaikh Abdulmalik bin Abdullah bin Ali al Khalili, Chairman of the State Council, will leave here this evening to the United Republic of...

Muscat: HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), arrived in the Sultanate of Oman on Monday for an...

Oman Daily Observer rolled out its website on November 18, 1997, the same year the Sultanate of Oman launched the Internet. In the preceding years, the website was updated every day at 12.30 pm! Now...

Muscat: Oman Meteorology on Thursday denied speculations on social media platforms that another tropical condition is developing in the Arabian sea and might move towards the Sultanate. "There are no...

Team Oman Observer visited Suwaiq and al Khabourah on Tuesday to see the extent of damages cyclone Shaheen left in this region after making landfall on Sunday. The magnitude of destruction the cyclone...

Muscat: Oman's weather office on Monday said the impact of tropical cyclone Shaheen is over on the Sultanate.The latest Weather charts analysis of the National Multi Hazards Early Warning Center...

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Muscat: The tropical cyclone Shaheen has started making landfall between wilayats of Al Musanah and Al Suwaiq with torrential rains and heavy winds with speeds ranging from 120-150km/hr, a statement...

Muscat: National Committee for Emergency Management on Sunday said agencies recovered the bodies of two workers of Asian nationalities from the rubbles after a part of the Jabal Ali mountain collapsed...

Muscat: National Committee for Emergency Management on Sunday said electricity will be cut off from inundated areas to prevent further mishaps.The agency asked residents of low-lying areas to move to...

Muscat: As the cyclone Shaheen gets closer to the shores of the Sultanate, heavy rains and strong winds are reported across the coastal-belt governorates. Amounts of rain recorded in some...

Cyclones are low-pressure systems that form over warm tropical waters, with gale-force winds near the centre. The winds can extend hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the eye of the storm. Sucking up...