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Washington: Oman came fifth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region level in the Global Peace Index (GPI 2016), published by the US based...

Muscat: A 76-year-old Omani man was found dead yesterday in the Al Wahra area in the wilayat of Ibri by a citizen after he went missing for almost two...

Muscat: Three major water desalination plants, which are under different stages of construction and have a combined water generation capacity of 731,000...

Muscat: Widening its network across the Sultanate, Meethaq, the pioneer of Islamic banking in Oman from Bank Muscat, opened a state-of-the-art branch in...

Muscat: Muted trading activity resulted in the MSM30 Index closing at 5,812.16 points, down by 0.10 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index gained 0.05 per cent to...

Muscat:His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the...

New York: Yahoo! Inc. agreed to sell its main web businesses to Verizon Communications Inc. for $4.8 billion, ending a two-decade run as an independent...

CHENGDU (China): World Bank president Jim Yong kim said continued uncertainty following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union could hurt global...

Beijing: Huawei Technologies’ revenue growth accelerated in the first half as upgraded smartphones and network gear helped China’s largest vendor of...

Beirut: HSBC Holdings, the London-based lender scaling back its global presence, has discussed plans to sell its Lebanese business with Beirut-based Blom...