The civil defense chief says Tropical Cyclone Phet, which pounded Oman with heavy rain and winds of nearly 100 mph, killed 16 people, and four others are still missing, Gen. Malik Muamri said Saturday that oil exports from Oman’s Al Fahal port had resumed and a liquefied natural gas plant was reopened after the cyclone, downgraded to a tropical storm, moved east. ... More Details

As part of his annual meet-the-people tour in the regions and wilayats of the Sultanate, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos yesterday arrived at Seeh al Masarrat in the Wilayat of Ibri, Al Dhahirah region, from Seeh al Makarim in the Wilayat of Sohar, Al Batinah region. Prior to the departure of the Royal motorcade, His Majesty met with the ministers accompanying him on his current annual tour. He gave his directives to them to follow up projects and development programmes in all parts of the Sultanate t ... More Details

Local emergency control operations in Mauritania have successfully contained a massive outbreak of desert locusts which were threatening to spread north to other countries in West Africa and devastating farmers’ livelihoods, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reported today. ... More Details

United Nations-backed emergency efforts have successfully contained a massive Red Locust outbreak in Tanzania and upheld the livelihoods of millions of farmers, marking the first time that biopesticides have been used on a large scale in Africa against the transboundary pests. ... More Details

Oman LNGannounced yesterday the partial financing of the Sur harbour development project in cooperation with the Ministry of Fisheries. The two parties signed the $ 450,000 project agreement in the Ministry of Fisheries. ... More Details