By: Times of Oman Muscat: Omani mountaineer Nadhirah Al Harthy has set another record by climbing Mt. Ama Dablam, regarded as one of the most challenging peaks in the world. Located in Nepal and with a summit at 6,812...

    The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Oman National Committee for Education, Culture and Sciences and the Office of Oman’s Permanent Representative to the UNESCO, succeeded in adding the Omani navigator Ahmed bin Majid to the list of...

    By:ONA Dr. Mohammed Zahir Al Abri, Associate Professor of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU)’s Engineering College, won the first edition of the GCC Water Innovation Prize. Al Abri, who is also the Director of...

    MUSCAT: Represented by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, the Sultanate won membership to the board of directors of Universal Postal Union (UPU) for the period 2021-2024. Oman’s access to the UPU board took place during...

    MUSCAT: Oman Airports celebrates one of its employee’s, Omar al Ghilani’s, accomplishment in the World Freediving Competition. Omar al Ghilani has won the first place in AIDA’s championship — World Freediving Championship 2021 held in Sharm El Sheikh...

    Oman has been ranked third in the Arab world and 21st globally in the Global CyberSsecurity Index 2020 report released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). "The Sultanate came third in the Arab world and 21st in the...

    Despite the challenges posed by the ongoing global pandemic, the Port of Salalah not only finished 2020 with record-breaking container volume but also achieved world-class efficiency. This has been recognised by the World Bank in its report on...

    Dr Arwa bint Zakaria al Riyamiyah, senior consultant haematology at the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital and director of the haematology programme at the Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB), received the Harold Johnson Award from the International Society of...

    Dr. Qassim Saleh al-Abri, Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Specialist, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), has won the Michael Davidson Structural Heart Surgery of the United States Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). STS, a reference in surgical operations, seeks to...

    By: Oman Observer Muscat International Airport has been certified with the 4-star Covid-19 Airport Safety Rating following the global audit conducted by the international rating agency Skytrax. This audit, carried out by a specialized team of Skytrax, evaluates international airports’...

    Oman Air has earned a Five Star rating in the Major Airline category from the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX). The prestigious award from APEX, a globally recognized organization, was given to less than 10 per cent of...

    Muscat, November 17 (ONA) - The year 2019 witnessed many honourable sporting achievements that are added to the Sultanate’s records at various Asian, Arab and Gulf levels in various team and individual sports. The national teams won 344...

    Atlanta: The Sultanate ranked 2nd in the Arab world at the Digital Accessibility Rights Evaluation Index, 2020, (DARE Index 2020) released by Atlanta-based Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ict). The Sultanate ranked 3rd in the Middle...

    Key finding: The Sultanate performs best in Human Capital & Research and its weakest performance is in Knowledge & Technology outputs. The Sultanate has been placed 84th among a total of 131 economies ranked in the latest edition...

Dr. Adhara bint Abdullah al-Za’abi from Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), has been selected to the membership of the arbitration panel of various international awards in the field of human proteins, being the first Omani and Arab female to obtain...