Female arrested for murder in the Sultanate of Oman CRIME | MiddleMIDDLE EAST | GCC | OMAN FACT BOX: Oman has a very low murder rate at just 0.5 per 100’000 populous in 2019. (See statistics) An official statement from the ROP (Royal Omani Police): “The Police Command of…
Expat women arrested for unethical acts in Oman LAW | GCC | OMAN FACT BOX: According to Article 25 of the Omani Penal Code, whoever publicly commits indecent acts or makes indecent statements shall be punished by imprisonment for a period no less than 10 days and not exceeding 3…
COVID-19 | OMAN suspends travel from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh COVID | Sultanate of Oman – Travel Regulations – Travel suspended from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Oman has announced today that entry into the Sultanate of Oman will be barred, for those travelling from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The travel…
Oman to end lockdown in Muscat Middle-East | GCC | OMAN to end lockdown in Muscat Oman’s Supreme Committee for COVID19 announced today that lockdown will end in the whole of the capital city, Muscat as well as the entire Muscat Governorate on Friday. Additionally a special messure that allowed…
Omanisation aims to reduce the expat work force in key industries Current expat population: 45% of the total population of Oman Majlis Al-Shura (مجلس الشورى) (The Consultative Assembly, Oman’s 86 seat lower house of council) has discussed a proposal for mandatory hiring of Omanis in technical positions in the private…
HM Sultan Haitham hosts the US Presidential delegation HM Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimour Al-Said hosts the US Presidential delegation His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimur Al-Said has received a personal written message from President Donald Trump. This came when His Majesty Sultan Haitham hosted at Al-Alam…
World rallies behind Sultan Haitham The world rallies behind Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimour Al-Said As world leaders send envoys to greet His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimour Al-Said, the Omani nation and its people rallied behind His Majesty as the new Sultan takes over the reins…
UN mourns the death of Sultan Qaboos إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said 18/11/1940 – 10/01/2020 Yesterday, the General Assembly of the United Nations observed a minute of silence, standing in mourning for the death of His Majesty, the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin…
Muscat Fest 2020 cancelled to honour the death of Sultan Qaboos إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said 18/11/1940 – 10/01/2020 Muscat Municipality has declared that Muscat Festival 2020, has been cancelled following His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimour Al-Said’s passing away. The Festival,…
Sultan Haitham continues to greet citizens who mourn the death of Sultan Qaboos إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said 18/11/1940 – 10/01/2020 His Majesty continues to receive citizens who met him to offer condolences for the passing of His Majesty, late Sultan Qaboos bin Said…
