Mosques in Oman to open in mid November
Our Correspondents Oman’s Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs has said that, in line with COVID-19...
Expatriates leaving Oman for good exempt from fines
Our Correspondent Oman’s Ministry of Labour has said that expatriates leaving Oman do not have to pay...
Oman airports to restart operations on Oct.1
Our Correspondent The Supreme Committee for Dealing with COVID-19 in the Sultanate of Oman has announced...
Oman to restart international flights from October 1
OUR CORRESPONDENT The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from Covid-19 which...
Oman mulls introducing VAT in 2022
Falling oil revenue is making Oman’s legislature propose a value-added tax after January 2022,...
Kuwait to name highway after Sultan Qaboos of Oman
Our Correspondent A new highway in the country, the seventh ring road, will be named after the late...
Omani nurses replace expatriates in health institutions
More than 170 Omani nurses have started working at various health institutions affiliated with the...
Oman New Year Holiday on August 23
In line with its earlier statement regarding the Islamic New Year, the Sultanate of Oman will have the...
Sultan of Oman appoints new foreign minister
His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of the Sultanate of Oman issued 28 Royal decrees on August 18,...
UAE-Israel ties develop, Israir requests direct flights to UAE
On August 17, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin extended an invitation in Arabic to HH Sheikh Mohammed bin...
Arab nations rally in support of Lebanon
Our Correspondent Kuwait has expressed its readiness to help Lebanon in re-operating the Beirut port that...
Oman to lift lockdown on August 8
Our Correspondent Oman will lift the lockdown and relax curfew on August 8, declared the Sultanate’s...
Over 2.75 lakh Indians return from UAE; 56,000 from Oman
Our Correspondent The Indian Consulate in Dubai has said that more than 2.75 lakh of the 5 lakh people...
Oman extends Eid Al Adha holidays
Oman has extended Eid Al Adha holidays this year from July 30 until August 6, Oman News Agency reported...
Lockdown declared in Oman from July 25 to August 8
On July 21, Oman declared a full lockdown among its governorates starting from next week to limit the...
Oman identifies priority tourism projects
Oman Investment Authority (OIA) has identified key projects for developing tourism infrastructure in the...
Omani resident permit holders need entry permit to return: Ambassador
Resident permit holders of the Sultanate of Oman can obtain an entry permit by applying for the same with...
Oman gears up for the Tabseel season
Several governorates in the Sultanate of Oman is now going through one of its most famous local...
1,518 new COVID-19 cases in Oman; 3 deaths
A total of 1,518 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were registered in Oman on July 9, in addition to...
Six deaths, 910 new COVID-19 cases reported in Oman
Web Desk Nine hundred and ten new cases of COVID-19 were registered in Oman on June 29 and six new...
Monsoon rains begin in Sultanate of Oman
Our Correspondent Drizzle and light rains have arrived in the Governorate of Dhofar in the Sultanate of...
Saudi Arabia to allow only limited people for Haj
Web Desk The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided that Haj for 2020 will be held with a very limited...
GCC nations continue to fight COVID-19
Our Correspondent The novel coronavirus has infected over 8.96 million people while 467,390 have died of...
Sugary drinks to attract tax in Oman
Web desk From October this year, the Sultanate of Oman will levy a 50 per cent tax on sweetened...
Oman Airports announce safety measures ahead of reopening
Our Correspondent DUBAI Oman Airports, which manages civil airports in the Sultanate of Oman, has...
COVID-19 test must for chartered flight passengers to Kerala
Web Desk Indian expatriates who wish travel to Kerala from the Sultanate of Oman on chartered flights...
Oman to remove NOC from 2021
Web Desk The Sultanate of Oman will cancel No-Objection-Certificate (NOC) for expatriate workers...
Abu Dhabi eases movement of public
Our Correspondent DUBAI Citizens and residents can leave Abu Dhabi emirate without a permit, the Abu...
UAE prepares for nationwide COVID-19 testing
Our Correspondent DUBAI The United Arab Emirate’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced...
New head of Omani Investment Authority appointed
Our Correspondent DUBAI His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq has appointed Abdulsalam Al Murshidi as the...
Steps adopted to tackle COVID-19 in GCC nations discussed
Our Correspondent DUBAI Undersecretaries of GCC Ministries of Health held their sixth meeting via...
Researchers in Muscat carry out COVID-19 gene sequencing
Web desk 08/06/2020 A team of researchers from the Central Public Health Laboratories of the Ministry of...