At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.In the past four days, five migrant boats have sunk off the southern city of Sfax, leaving 67 missing and…
Read moreRepresented by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, the Sultanate of Oman today held an official session of talks with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to discuss aspects of cooperation in the fields of communication…
Read moreIndia’s most powerful rocket launched the final 36 satellites for OneWeb’s first-generation internet constellation today.A Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) rocket lifted off from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre , carrying 36 OneWeb broadband satellites…
Read moreA specialized medical team from Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) succeeded in conducting a surgical operation, the first of its kind in the Sultanate of Oman, to reconstruct the fractured floor of a patient’s eye orbit, using a special plate.T…
Read moreAt least 26 people have died in Mississippi and Alabama after a tornado tore through the southern US states.Search and rescue efforts are continuing, and the Mississippi state government has declared a state of emergency, BBC news reported.The tornado…
Read moreBahrain All Share Index closed at 1,892.59 points, marking a decrease of 5.92 points below the previous closing.This decrease was due to the fall in the financial sector.Bahrain Islamic Index closed at 655.45 points, with no change to its previous clo…
Read moreThe Environment Authority, represented by the National Biodiversity Survey project’s team, continues its efforts to improve the ranking of the environmental performance index of the Sultanate of Oman in the field of biodiversity.The step aims to enhan…
Read moreThe first sign of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may appear in the eyes, according to a recent study. Researchers have been exploring how the eye may help in diagnosing Alzheimer’s before symptoms begin.Dr. Richard Isaacson, an Alzheimer’s preventive neurol…
Read moreRussia’s Roscosmos state space corporation and the Russian academy of sciences is considering a possibility to explore Mars taking into account the groundwork by the ExoMars 2022 mission, a representative of the state corporation told TASS.”Specialist…
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