HM the Sultan's audience to US Secretary of State

by ONA
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said gave an audience to John Kerry, US Secretary of State, at Bait Al Barakah on Tuesday

Xpress Money offers free life insurance cover

by Times News Service
The scheme will provide a life insurance protection of OMR1,572, including OMR525 of repatriation expenses of the mortal remains — something that not many insurance companies cover

PDO opens region’s first solar EOR project

by AFTAB H. KOLA
Using GlassPoint’s Enclosed Trough technology, the solar EOR project produces a daily average of 50 tonnes of emission-free steam that feeds directly into existing thermal EOR operations at PDO’s Amal West field in Southern Oman

Gorica Group plans to set up assembly unit in UAE

by Times News Service
Gorica group plans to set up a dedicated factory in Dubai Industrial City, UAE, for the manufacture and assembly of reefer bodies, becoming its fifth manufacturing facility

Vatican denies video footage shows pope exorcism

by AFP
The Vatican on Tuesday denied that Pope Francis had performed an exorcism after an Italian religious television channel said footage of the pontiff blessing a boy in a wheelchair showed he had

Far-right writer kills self inside Notre Dame de Paris

by AFP
Police and his publisher confirmed the man's identity as Dominique Venner, 78, a long-time essayist and activist linked with France's far-right and nationalist groups. Police said Venner shot himself with a pistol shortly after 1400 GMT and that the cathedral was then calmly evacuated
Travel
The lure of Kandy
by Aftab H Kola

Aftab H. Kola discovers and shares what Sri Lanka has in the offering...

Quick Poll

Should the authorities in Oman impound buildings left incomplete for long?






Results
Snapshots