All governorates in Oman are to be placed into lockdown for a period of two weeks from July 25, as the sultanate desperately tries to contain the increasing spread of coronavirus. According to a …
COVID-19: Oman records 1,487 new cases, 11 deaths
Latest cases take total infections to 69,887, fatalities to 337 Cairo: Oman confirmed 1,487 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, a decrease of 252 cases against the tally reported the day …
Exclusive: Singapore’s Agritrade has potential investors – source
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – London-based Nithia Capital Resources Advisors LLP is seeking to acquire troubled Singapore commodity trader Agritrade International Pte Ltd (AIPL) and its shares in its Hong …
COVID-19: Oman’s beauty industry has reinvented itself under lockdown
Creativity is the key as parlours turn to video calls to cater to customer needs Muscat: With the lockdown on beauty salons continuing, owners are getting creative in their marketing promotions to …
Turkmenistan: A fishy situation
Just how bad is the situation is all but impossible to know since the government does not admit it has recorded any coronavirus cases, or even that it might be dealing with a major pneumonia outbreak, …
Fishermen without fish as Cambodia’s river reversal runs late
Crucial water flows to the Tonle Sap, Southeast Asia’s largest lake, have been delayed for a second consecutive year according to river experts, severely disrupting fishing and threatening the food …
Syria’s ruling Baath party wins parliamentary polls
Syria’s ruling Baath party and its allies have won a majority in parliamentary elections, results announced Tuesday by the electoral commission showed.
Erdogan says Turkey will remain in Syria ‘until Syrian people are free’
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkish forces, which have carried out several incursions into northern Syria since 2016, would remain in the country until Syrians can live in freedom …
Uzbekistan returns to its roots with cannabis cultivation
The cannabis plant, which is indigenous to the region, blankets hillsides and reveals itself stubbornly in urban parks. Archeological evidence suggests cannabis was used in Central Asia 6,000 or more …
The school girls saving Afghanistan from COVID
Posted . In the eastern Afghan city of Herat, 18-year-old high school student Somaya Faruqi adjusts a suction cap as sh …