...muscat — his majesty sultan qaboos bin said has congratulated president abdelaziz bouteflika of algeria and president hugo chavez of venezuela on th...

...seoul — north korea fired seven ballistic missiles yesterday, south korea’s defence ministry said, in an act of defiance towards the us on its ind...

...muscat — tourism industries across the world have reported a slide in revenues in the wake of the swine flu scare, besides the global financial cris...

...muscat — the sultanate’s swine flu control body yesterday said a british passenger has been diagnosed with the disease. the patient, who arrive...

...baghdad — iraq yesterday ruled out foreign involvement in its efforts to reconcile rival factions, just after visiting us vice-president joe biden u...

...london — serena williams celebrated american independence day by beating sister venus 7 - 6 6 - 2 with a crushing display of power tennis to win her...

...muscat — oman’s teenage tennis sensation, fatma al nabhani lost in the girls doubles wimbledon quarterfinal yesterday. the 33rd player in the worl...

...london — daniel nestor and nenad zimonjic retained their men’s doubles title with an entertaining 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 win over the b...

...muscat — fresh from their victory over a quadruple olympic medallist and an america’s cup challenger, oman sail’s masirah extreme 40 is now seat...

...muscat — the omani beach volleyball team lost to thailand team 21-16, 21-12 in the first asian youth games in singapore yesterday. with this loss, t...

...galle — the bowlers dominated the opening day of the first test yesterday, with pakistan slumping to 15 for two after sri lanka were bowled out for ...

...moscow — the russian government has agreed to let american troops and weapons bound for afghanistan fly over russian territory, officials on both si...

...muscat — oman’s davis cup players exuded confidence ahead of the asia / oceania group 2 tournament against hong kong starting this month. the ...

...kallay — fierce fighting broke out yesterday in the northwestern region of pakistan close to where an army helicopter crashed day before yesterday k...

...naypyidaw — the un secretary-general ban ki-moon minced no words in expressing his disappointment yesterday when the military-ruled myanmar’s top ...

...mumbai — nine-year-old azharuddin ismail who played the youngest salim in the oscar-winning movie slumdog millionaire, moved into his new home in an...

...kolkata — at least 11 people were killed and 40 injured when a mini-bus skidded off the bankim setu flyover and fell onto railway tracks at howrah s...

...dehradun — controversy surrounded gunning down of an mba qualified youth in an alleged police encounter, with his parents claiming that he has no cr...

...london — labour is considering a plan to raise national insurance contributions to fund a guaranteed minimum level of care for the elderly, it has b...

...muscat — oman has got talent ... and bundles of it! according to organisers of fannan halafoni, the sultanate’s exciting new competition for aspir...

...washington — current and former top central intelligence agency (cia) officers have appeared before a federal grand jury in virginia as part of an 1...

...baghdad — america’s role in iraq was switching from deep military engagement to one of diplomatic support, ahead of a complete withdrawal from the...

...baghdad — us vice president joe biden met us troops preparing to mark their independence day holiday yesterday, on the third day of a visit he has u...

...tehran — iran is considering pressing charges against a british embassy staffer, a newsweek journalist and several reformist leaders, lawyers said y...

...muscat ─ youth peer (y-peer), a pioneering and comprehensive youth-to-youth initiative established by the united nations population fund (unfpa), is...

...muscat — the activities of salalah tourism festival 2009 will kick off on july 15 under the auspices of sayyid hamoud bin faisal al busaidi, environ...

...paris — suresh tendulkar, an economic adviser to indian prime minister manmohan singh, said he is urging the government to diversify its $264.6 bill...

...mumbai — mukesh ambani’s reliance industries (ril) said it filed a petition to the supreme court challenging a lower court order to supply natural...

...beijing — china national offshore oil, the nation’s third-biggest oil explorer, may continue to bid for oil fields in iraq after the gulf country ...

...muscat — as oman pursues its diversification strategy into tourism, infrastructure and education, it is an opportune time to articulate the bank’s...