A court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an Omani man to life imprisonment in May this year based on a seriously unfair trial, the UK-based Human Rights Watch...

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Gulf state of Oman exceeded 50,000 on Wednesday, the health ministry said, Reuters reports. The country reported 1,210 new cases of...

Nine Arab countries on Tuesday called for an effective international stance against an Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, reports Anadolu Agency. The foreign ministers...

A $15 billion railway connecting the Gulf States is expected to begin operating in 2023, following almost twenty years of stalling and uncertainty, Saudi newspaper Al-Jazirah has revealed. The...

Health authorities on Friday in Oman, Bahrain, Sudan and Kuwait reported new infections and deaths from coronavirus, Anadolu Agency reports. The Omani Health Ministry said that within the past 24 hours,...

The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths will hold a virtual meeting between the internationally-recognised government and the Houthi group to discuss resuming the peace process, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported. The...

Oman will further ease its coronavirus containment measures on Wednesday, allowing several businesses and shops to re-open, but will  close off some popular tourist areas from Saturday until July...

A detainee at Abu Dhabi’s Al-Wathba prison has tested positive for COVID-19, a source has confirmed. According to a press release issued today by the International Campaign for Freedom...

The tally of coronavirus cases and deaths rose Saturday in several Arab countries, according to health authorities, Anadolu Agency reports.  Authorities in the Gaza Strip reported their first death...

Oman’s Ministry of Finance will cut the budgets of government bodies and the armed forces by a further five per cent this year, in an attempt to reduce the...

Public prosecutors in Oman warned citizens on Monday not to promote civil discord and sectarianism, Al-Khaleej Online has reported. In a statement on Twitter, they said that anyone found...

Oman jobs for Omani citizens?

Oman has allowed a limited number of commercial businesses to reopen, including money exchanges, state media said on Tuesday, as some Gulf Arab countries moved to ease restrictions imposed...

New coronavirus infections were recorded in Oman and Saudi Arabia, according to health authorities on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The number of coronavirus cases in Oman rose to 1,019 after 109...

Armed men boarded a vessel at anchor in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday but the ship was later released, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said. “Vessel...

Armed men boarded a vessel at anchor in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said. “The vessel is now reported to be...

Saudi Arabia indefinitely extended a curfew due to the coronavirus on Sunday amid a surge of new infections, and the United Arab Emirates warned of possible action against countries...

The Arab states of Morocco, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, and Palestine all reported new coronavirus cases on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. In Morocco, authorities recorded three deaths, bringing the total death toll...

Oman reported 27 new coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing the total number of infections to 484, according to country’s Health Ministry. The Arab country confirmed a total of three...

Oman’s Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Al-Said has pardoned 599 prisoners jailed for various offenses, including 336 foreigners, the state-run Oman News Agency reported yesterday. Local sources informed that the...

Oman’s capital of Muscat will be placed on lockdown beginning Friday as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, that country official media said Wednesday, Anadolu...

India has dropped Saudi Arabia from an investigation into the dumping of chemical products into the Indian market but will continue its probe into the UAE, Kuwait and Oman....

Oman on Sunday banned public gatherings in the Gulf Arab state, limited staffing at state entities and shut currency exchange bureaus as part of measures to fight the coronavirus...

Health authorities in Palestine, Oman, Lebanon, and Kuwait reported fresh cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday. In statements, Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said four new cases were...

Gulf Arab states expanded measures to contain the spread of coronavirus on Sunday with Oman banning open ship-to-ship transfers with Iranian vessels, Abu Dhabi’s bourse closing trading halls and...

British foreign minister Dominic Raab will on Monday begin his first official visit to the Gulf for talks with leaders in Saudi Arabia and Oman, expected to cover trade,...

A number of Gulf states have imposed flight restrictions as they try to deal with new cases of the coronavirus

Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said said on Sunday the government would work to reduce public debt and restructure public institutions and companies to bolster the economy, reports Reuters....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israel has broad ties with Arab and Islamic states, Israeli radio in Arabic said. The station reported him saying that there...

The risk of a military confrontation is higher in the Strait of Hormuz than anywhere else in the Gulf region, Oman’s foreign minister said, due in part to the...

Hamas has announced that its leader’s foreign tour will continue throughout 2020 in order to complete a very busy political and speaking schedule. The fact that Ismail Haniyeh will...

  Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel Al-Jubeir has praised the US-drafted Middle East peace plan to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict known as “deal of the...