Expat management roles targeted for Omanisation

Muscat: Expatriates who work in senior management roles in Oman may be affected by the Ministry of Manpower’s extension of its visa ban on certain… Read more

Oman’s Foreign Direct Investment crosses OMR 9 billion

Muscat: Oman’s Foreign Direct Investment rose to OMR 9,736,900,000 in the second quarter of 2018. According to a report by the Public Authority for Investment… Read more

Iran’s Rouhani warns of greater hardship than war years of 1980s

Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, has called for unity among political factions to overcome conditions that he said may be harder than those during the 1980s… Read more

Volunteer group distributes iftar meals for togetherness

Started with an aim to reduce the use of plastics and promote the spirit of love, tolerance and appreciation, Fahaddath Voluntary Group has launched the… Read more

How US steel manufacturing is being affected by the tariff hike on China

The U.S. and China are launching into another round of trade talks. The current tariffs have one U.S. manufacturer facing a double whammy. CNBC’s Contessa… Read more

Will China use its US$1.2 trillion of US debt as firepower to fight the trade war?

Fears among investors and analysts on how escalating tensions will unravel continue to rise after the US raised tariffs on Friday.

Trade war: US and Chinese firms braced for tariff shock

The US is set to increase tariffs on $200bn (£153.7bn) worth of Chinese products on Friday, in a sharp escalation of their damaging trade war…. Read more

Royal Decree bans use of chemical weapons

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has issued Royal Decree number 39, which implements the agreement of prohibiting chemical weapons signed in 1993.

Nepal holds meeting with Oman to send more skilled workers

As per recent reports in the Himalayan Times, Ram Prasad Ghimire, joint secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Nepal said that… Read more

MoT looks to establish offices in China, Saudi Arabia

Oman is looking to expand its presence in international markets and will soon open its representative offices in China and Saudi Arabia.