Thirsty Middle Eastern and North African countries could tap into their solar-energy potential to cope with fresh water scarcity, according to resource experts. Water could be saved by switching...

UN envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths arrived in Omani capital Muscat today as part of a second regional tour aimed at reviving stalled talks between Yemen’s warring rivals. Sources...

Saudi Arabia has ranked third across the world with military spending which reached $69.4 billion in 2017. It replaces Russia, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in...

Official data that has recently been published showed rising of gasoline prices sold domestically in the UAE, Oman and Qatar in May, compared to the previous month. This coincided...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Monday that it has evacuated 76 illegal Ethiopian immigrants from Yemen on Sunday. “They were stranded in Aden, southern Yemen, and...

The United Nation’s envoy to Yemen plans to unveil a new framework to end the civil war which has entered its third year, Martin Griffiths told the Security Council...

For 60 years, cruelty to animals on live export ships has been kept secret

The United Nation’s special envoy to Yemen is vying for parties to the civil war to enter peace talks in Oman, Gulf News reported yesterday. In a press conference...

The Managing Director of the state owned Oman Petroleum Development Company (PDO) Raoul Restucci announced yesterday the discovery of a large gas reservoir with recoverable amounts estimated at more...

The UAE has once again angered Oman after the issue of a promotional video by Al-Futtaim Emirati Company showing the Musandam Governorate within the UAE’s borders. The video was...

Saudi Arabia and its adversaries in Yemen’s armed Houthi movement are holding secret talks to try to end a three-year-old war that has unleashed the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,...

The White House on Tuesday hosted 19 nations, including Israel and Arab Gulf states, to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but the Palestinian Authority boycotted the meeting, angered...

Tehran announced on Friday the signing of deals for credit lines with European and Asian banks amounting to $55.3 billion, Quds Press has reported. “Developing relations with European banks...

A recent call by the Sultanate of Oman to hold a round of peace talks is the latest political development in a brutal civil war which has already claimed...

Saudi Arabia has become the biggest deal-maker in the Middle East after its Public Investment Fund (PIF) spent about $54 billion on investments last year, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday....

“Inequalities” between men and women in Yemen have been “exacerbated” as a result of the ongoing crisis in the country and resulted in the “rise” of negative coping mechanisms,...

Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin Alawi bin Abdullah visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday. Azzam Al-Khatib, the director of the Islamic Waqf in occupied Jerusalem, who received the Omani minister,...

The Saudi-led coalition is willing to join peace talks in Oman, backing the internationally recognised government of Yemen led by Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Arab news reported yesterday. “The...

To the joyous cheers of Omani locals, British cyclist Jonathan Shubert rode into the southern city of Salalah shortly after 4:00am (00:00GMT) following two days during which he cycled...

Oman will be hosting a new round of peace talks over the on-going three year Yemen civil war, Kuna news reported. Talks between the Houthi armed group and General...

British cycling champion and former round the world cyclist Jonathan Shubert has set a new world record by cycling 1,300 kilometres across Oman in under 48 hours. The previous...

British cycling champion and former round the world cyclist Jonathan Shubert will attempt to cycle 1,300 kilometres across Oman in under 48 hours, setting a new world record if...

Qatar’s non-oil exports declined 13 per cent in December compared to the same period of 2016, a report by the Qatar Chamber revealed yesterday. According to the report, non-oil...

A US citizen held by Yemen’s Houthi group since September last year has been released and taken to Oman aboard a flight that also carried a senior leader of...

Israeli raids and air strikes have recently increased deep into the Syrian territories. According to Israeli media and research centres reports, these attacks target Iranian weapons before parts of...

Officials from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar arrived in Kuwait today ahead of the Gulf summit which is due to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. There had been...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi will visit Oman tomorrow in the first trip to the Sultanate since taking office. The visit is scheduled to last three days during which...

Qatar Petroleum (QP) today signed an agreement to participate in exploration and production activities in Oman. The company said in a statement that it would become a partner in...

Negative attitude toward the US foreign policy in the Middle East has increased in the Arab world, a Washington-based think tank said Thursday. Arab Center Washington DC (ACW), and the...

The US, backed by a number of Gulf Arab states, has  imposed sanctions on eight individuals and one organisation, a statement by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said today that the Arab world population has reached 359 million in 2017. According to the UNFPA report the life expectancy at birth...

Qatar’s consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.5 per cent in September compared to the same period in 2016, official data showed yesterday. Data released by the Ministry of...