Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik, HH Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tarik al-Said, Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Affairs, Personal Representative of His Majesty the Sultan received in his office here yesterday Dr. Faisal Mekdad, Minister...

    Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 1, 665 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases registered in the Sultanate to 150, 800. MOH reported two Covid 19-related deaths, taking the total death...

The Sultanate, represented by the Royal Oman Police (ROP), has won the Arab world’s best cybersecurity film prize, which was awarded to Oman after a competition focusing on the production of public awareness films in the field cybersecurity crime control....

 A delegation of the World Health Organization (WHO) paid a visit to the Wilayat of Dima Wa A'Tayeen in the Governorate of North A'Sharqiya to review the initiative of Al Sbul and Al Hamam healthy villages.   The initiative comes...

Dr Faisal al Miqdad, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria and his accompanying delegation, visited the National Museum  as part of his official visit to the Sultanate. The guest was received by Jamal bin Hassan al Musawi, Secretary-General...

The seminar titled “Renewed Renaissance, Sustainable Competency”, organized by the National Defence College (NDC) concluded last week on Thursday.   The seminar reviewed initiatives and recommendations made by the participants—who included advisers and other officials from public and private sector...

The Sultanate took part in the 147th session of the GCC Ministerial Council held in Riyadh yesterday. The Sultanate's delegation was headed by Sayyid Badr Hamad al-Busaidi, Foreign Minister.   The Council discussed some reports on following up implementation of the...

The Board of Directors of the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ) yesterday held its first meeting for 2021 under the chairmanship of Dr. Ali Mas’oud al-Sunaidy, Board Chairman. During the meeting, held in the Special...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources has launched an experiment to use parasites of the genus tricogramma to combat red weevil pests that nestle in date palms and damage their crop. Fifteen farms in the Wilayat of Barka have been...

The Middle East Desalination Research Centre (MEDRC) yesterday announced the names of winners of “Omani Young Water Researchers Award 2020’ and the ‘Eco School Prize’. The competition seeks to encourage Omani youths to conduct studies in the field of water...

His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has conferred the Order of Merit, First Class, on Professor Fred Scholz in appreciation from His Majesty for Scholz's efforts and scholarly contributions in the Sultanate during the past years.   The order was...

The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic held a meeting yesterday under the chairmanship of Sayyid Hamoud Faisal al-Busaidi, Minister of Interior, to follow updates about Covid-19 and ways to curb its spread and deal...

The Wilayat of A’Rustaq in the Governorate of South Al Batinah is famous for ancient mining areas and it houses some of the centuries-old copper smelters in areas like Al Hajir Bani Omar, Al Hoqain and other sites.   The...

    Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 548 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases registered in the Sultanate to 148, 558. MOH reported three Covid 19-related deaths, taking the total death toll...

The Sultanate, represented by the Foreign Ministry, today took part in the 2nd Tehran Dialogue Forum.   Held via video conferencing, the forum was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran. The Sultanate was represented in the forum by...