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Muscat: An official in ROP said that the Directorate General for Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances has arrested an Asian for drug trafficking and...

Muscat: As the world watches Barakat Al Harthi explode from the blocks in the 100m sprint today at the Rio Olympics, few will realise the rocky road he...

Muscat: Omani students will get a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime National Geographic Adventure in a competition entitled, “Shell Ideas 360,” which...

Washington: Wholesale prices in the US unexpectedly fell in July by the most in almost a year, a sign inflation is likely to stay muted. The 0.4 per cent...

Tokyo: For years, Tian Jia made the kind of returns on his money that investors in the rest of the world could only dream of. The 29-year-old Beijing-based...

Cairo: Egypt moved closer to securing $12 billion of International Monetary Fund (IMF) support designed to restore the confidence of foreign investors and...

London: Oil is heading for its biggest weekly advance since April after Saudi Arabia signaled its prepared to discuss stabilising markets at informal Opec...

New Delhi: Steelmakers in India are reeling from a global glut, sliding prices and high industry debt. Yet the nation’s top maker of the alloy is betting...

Warsaw: German growth slowed less than predicted in the second quarter signalling diverging fortunes for two of the region’s biggest economies as they...

Beijing: China’s recent economic stabilisation faltered in July as factory output, retail sales and investment all slowed. Industrial production rose 6...