Oman

Qatar and Oman announced on Wednesday that they have submitted written statements to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in support of the Palestinian position, Wafa...

A 28-year-old man has tested positive for the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a city in Abu Dhabi on the border with Oman, the World...

Iran's Foreign Minister claims there are 'initiatives' being discussed in the nuclear negotiations following discussions with his Omani counterpart in Tehran, Iran International reports. According to the report, the...

Oman Air, the flag carrier of Oman, has entered into a three-year sponsorship deal with Chelsea Football Club, becoming the team's global airline partner. The agreement signed last week...

Israel and the US have been working on a secret plan to build a trade land bridge connecting the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel, Israel's...

Omani Foreign Minister, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi, on Friday arrived in Ramallah city of the central West Bank in Palestine, Anadolu Agency reports. Albusaidi was received...

Oman has declared its "unwavering" support for Morocco's territorial integrity, which includes the kingdom's long-standing claims of sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara. On Tuesday, the sultanate announced its backing for the...

Iranian judicial authorities have ordered that a foreign-flagged tanker that allegedly ran into an Iranian vessel in the Sea of Oman be impounded for violation of maritime rules, state...

Several Arab countries have welcomed the elevation of diplomatic relations between Turkiye and Egypt for the first time in a decade, Anadolu Agency reports. On Tuesday, Ankara and Cairo...

Shots were fired at a tanker in sensitive Gulf waters on Wednesday, but the vessel and crew are safe, a British maritime security body said, the latest incident in...

Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi is reportedly in talks with the Israeli Foreign Ministry to coordinate a visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, according to Israel's i24NEWS. The Omani...

Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abollahian, held talks with chief Houthi negotiator, Mohammed Abdul-Salam, in the Omani capital, Muscat, Anadolu Agency reports. Talks between the two sides covered the latest...

Bangladesh has signed a new long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal with Oman to import more LNG from the Gulf state. Under the agreement, Petrobangla – which is state-owned...

Oman has set its conditions for full and official normalisation of ties with the occupation state of Israel, Sama news agency reported yesterday. Quoting the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr Al-Busaidi, Sama said...

Iran and the United States are reportedly on the verge of a significant prisoner release agreement, amid the recent revival in nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers. In...

Less than three months after agreeing to restore diplomatic ties, long-time regional rivals, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have recently taken another significant step toward full reconciliation. In the presence...

American and Iranian officials held indirect talks in Oman last month, Israeli journalist Barak Ravid reported to American news website Axios on Friday. Ravid reported from three sources saying...

India, France and the United Arab Emirates have concluded the first-ever trilateral maritime exercise this week, the Indian Defence Ministry said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. The trilateral cooperation...

The foreign ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, stressed in a meeting that there is no military solution to the...

Iran is to get access to $24 billion of its frozen assets, including more than $10bn in Iraq and $7bn in South Korea, ISNA reported yesterday. The agency said...

The UK government has announced major changes to visa requirements for the six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Jordan. Nationals of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain,...

In an apparent approval of reports that Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman were forming a joint naval group with China, Beijing has said peace and...

Members of the OPEC+ alliance yesterday agreed to implement a voluntary cut in oil production until the end of 2024 instead of the previous date scheduled for the end...

Yemen's Houthi group yesterday threatened to return to military escalation and resume attacks on economic facilities in Saudi Arabia, in response to Riyadh's failure to settle the humanitarian issue...

The Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tarik yesterday presided over the launch ceremony for a new city bearing his name, which is set to be the sultanate's first smart...

A monument honouring the famed 15th century Chinese Muslim admiral, Zheng He, was unveiled in Oman's Dhofar governorate yesterday. The ten-metre tall monument located in the coastal city of...

MFW showcases established designers as well as new talent showcasing the crème of Arabic fashion in an event of international standard

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei expressed that his country "welcomes" any possibility to restore relations with Egypt and has "no problem with it", Iranian state television reported on Monday....

Oman helped secure the release of a Belgian aid worker, who was arrested in 2022 and sentenced to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes on charges including spying, in exchange for an Iranian diplomat sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with a failed bomb plot in France.

An Omani man with a prosthetic leg has crossed boundaries by diving into deep waters. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. One of his goals is to beat his own record of 30 metres, hoping to dive 40 metres into the sea.

An Iranian-Belgian prisoner swap agreement had been reached under the auspices of the Sultanate of Oman, the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. "In...

The General Manager of the National Iranian Gas Company, Majid Jakini, said that if his country exports natural gas to Europe, it will be done through Turkiye. This came...