The southeasterly winds are active during the next three days in most of the Sultanate’s governorates, which will lead to a relative decrease in temperatures, especially coastal areas. There are also possibilities of fog /low clouds at night and early...
The Royal Oman Police (ROP) has announced that customer service centers for citizens and residents will resume next month. The services for traffic, passports, and residency and civil status will be reopened from July 1. All health precautions...
Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday announced 1,142 new cases of Covid-19 in the Sultanate, including 671 Omanis and 471 residents, which brought the total number of positive cases to 33,536 including two new deaths. According to...
ONA. The Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs yesterday issued a statement on the Hajj season for 1441 AH. The following is the text of the statement: "Based on the statement issued by the competent authorities in the sisterly Kingdom...
Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik issues Royal Orders to ratify an emergency interest-free loan for the categories highly affected by the pandemic in accordance with rules and regulations set by the Supreme Committee. The categories are both...
Muscat: With the royal blessing of His Majesty the Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, the Secretariat-General of the Supreme Committee for National Day Celebrations approved the logo for the 50th National Day of the renaissance. The Secretary-General of the...
Muscat: The Supreme Committee on COVID-19 has held a meeting under the chairmanship of Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al Busaidy, Minister of Interior in the presence of all the committee members, at the Ministry of Interior, on Tuesday. The...
Muscat, Jun 23 (ONA) --- As many as 1318 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) were registered in the Sultanate today, in addition to 3 new Covid-19 related death cases. 853 of the new cases were Omanis whereas 465 were...
Oman Observer: Saudi Arabia has said that this year’s Haj will be held with very limited numbers for pilgrims to ensure the safety of worshippers, the Saudi Press Agency said. The Ministry of Haj and Umrah said in a statement,...
Yousef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible For Foreign Affairs, yesterday received a phone call from Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. The two ministers reviewed the progress of relations between the Sultanate and Egypt in various areas in a...
His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik has sent a cable of congratulations to Duke Henri of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on the occasion of his country's National Day. In his cable, His Majesty expressed his sincere congratulations along with...
The Undersecretaries of the GCC Ministries of Health held yesterday the eighth meeting via video-conferencing to discuss the latest developments of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr. Mohammed bin Saif al-Hosni, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Health Affairs represented the Sultanate in...
The Research Council (TRC) Board yesterday held the second meeting for 2020 via video-conferencing under the chairmanship of Sayyid Shihab bin Tarik al-Said, Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs, TRC Chairman. The Board approved the 10th five-year plan of TRC, which...
Majlis A'Shura yesterday referred to the State Council a draft law on the protection of personal data, which was referred by the Council of Ministers. This step came after extensive discussions on some of the articles that dealt with...
Muscat: Oman Tourism will focus on tapping tourists from new source markets, including USA this year, said the Implementation Support and Follow-up Unit in its annual report. The initiative of targeting new tourism markets continues by opening up...