Royal Decrees related to the formation of a new board of Central Bank of Oman and appointment of its governor has been issued for the reforms, which include the formation of a new board of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) and the appointment of its governor, are designed to enhance the legal and regulatory […]
The offer comes as some 30 military chiefs from countries keen to help protect an eventual ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine prepared for talks in Britain on Thursday to discuss plans for a peacekeeping force. EU leaders were also set to discuss the three-year war at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, as well as […]
Justice Minister Nasser Al-Sumait said that this provision was not grounded in Islamic law and infringed upon fundamental human rights. The abolished article had previously permitted a maximum prison term of three years or a fine for men who killed their female relatives in “honor” crimes. Al-Sumait stated, “This law granted legal leniency to certain […]
According to the General Authority for the Care of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, women can visit Rawdah Al-Sharif from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., while men can visit in two separate time slots: 11:20 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and additional slots from 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 […]
The Israeli military, which has resumed its bombardments in Gaza and issued new orders for residents to evacuate combat zones, denied in a statement that it had struck a U.N. compound in Deir al-Balah. Bulgarian Foreign Ministry confirmed in a statement that one of its citizens working for the United Nations died in the Gaza […]
The 87-year-old, together with former premier Mir Hossein Mousavi, led the “Green Movement” that contested Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election as president in 2009. He was placed under house arrest in February 2011 following accusations of orchestrating street protests. “My father’s detention is over by the order of the head of the judiciary,” his son, Hossein, was […]
The move means liquidation for the company, named F21 OpCo, which was unable to find a buyer for its roughly 350 U.S. stores. Forever 21’s trademark and intellectual property – still held by an entity called Authentic Brands Group – may live on in a different form. The rise of e-commerce players such as Amazon […]
Local news channels across the affected region showed video of roofs torn off homes, trees felled, and trucks overturned by high winds. Eight people died in Kansas in a crash involving more than 50 vehicles, caused by low visibility during a “severe dust storm”, local police said. In Oklahoma, four people were killed as wildfires […]
India is among the trading partners set to face the tariffs from April, which threaten to cause distress to its exporters in industries from automobiles to agriculture. After Modi and Trump met last month, the two nations agreed to resolve tariff rows and work on the first segment of a deal by the fall of […]
The Nobel laureate took charge of Bangladesh last August after the ouster of autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after a student-led uprising. India was the biggest benefactor of Hasina’s government, and her ouster sent cross-border relations into a tailspin. That has prompted the caretaker government helmed by Yunus to seek greater ties […]
