The United States sought on Wednesday to bolster its case for isolating Iran over its nuclear and regional activities by displaying limpet mine fragments it said came from an...

US President Donald Trump has vowed to use military force against Iran if it acquires nuclear weapons, but doubts that he would take the same course of action over...

The attacks on two Japanese oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week have raised both concerns and exasperation in the region. Saudi Arabia, Britain and the US...

The leader of Britain’s opposition has said there is no “credible evidence” that Iran was responsible for attacks on two oil tankers on Friday, urging the government to refrain...

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Alhakim said yesterday that his country would coordinate its positions with the Sultanate of Oman, inside and outside the Arab League. Al-Hakim made the...

Oman will impose a new tax on sugary drinks and tobacco products starting on June 15, as the small Gulf oil producer seeks to boost state revenues strained by...

Tackling female genital mutilation (FGM) should be made a global priority like HIV/AIDs, according to campaigners concerned about the growing evidence that the abusive practice was more widespread than...

Oman and the UK have agreed to enhance their bilateral relations in a host of fields, as reported on Anadolu Agency.  According to Oman News Agency, the deal was...

A novelist from Oman has become the first Arabic writer to win the prestigious Man Booker International Prize. Author Jokha Alharthi won the award for her novel Celestial Bodies...

Oman will reopen its embassy in Iraq, according to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Saturday. A ministry statement said Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim has received a message from his...

Oman’s Sultan Qaboos has issued a decree approving the sultanate’s recent joint defence agreement with the UK, the official Oman News Agency (ONA) reported yesterday. On 21 February, the...

Activists have launched a new drive to tackle the increasing wave of normalisation with  the Israeli occupation in the Gulf, Al-Khaleej Online reported yesterday. The Gulf Coalition Against Normalisation...

Oman Aquarium has opened in the country’s capital of Muscat, becoming the largest aquarium in the Middle East, stretching across an area of 8,000sq m (86,111sq ft), reports Attractions...

Camels in Oman take a plunge in the deep end

Iran and Oman will be holding joint military exercises within the coming days, in an effort to build relations. Speaking at a meeting in Muscat consisting of 120 representatives...

Egypt has pulled out of the US effort to forge an “Arab NATO” with key Arab allies, according to four sources familiar with the decision, in a blow to...

The Omani Criminal Court has sentences five Emiratis and one Omani to varying prison terms after convicting them of spying, journalist Mokhtar Al-Hinaie said on Twitter. “A majority of...

Hamas has decried a call by a top Omani diplomat for Arabs to ease Israel’s fears for its future in the region. Speaking on the sidelines of the World...

Former Jordanian MP Hind Al-Fayiz said that a number of Gulf States “put pressure on Jordan and blockaded it in order for it to accept the ‘deal of the...

The United States clinched a strategic port deal with Oman on Sunday which US officials say will allow the US military better access the Gulf region and reduce the...

Omani Foreign Minister Yousuf Bin Alawi remarked on the arrest of an Emirati spying cell in the country saying “these things happen between neighbours”. Bin Alawi was asked during...

Qatari officials will meet with FIFA’s leadership in Miami on Friday as world football’s governing body discusses the possibility of expanding the 2022 World Cup and adding new host...

The Omani foreign ministry yesterday announced that it had assisted negotiate the release of an Indonesian and a Malaysian held by Houthis in Yemen. “The Sultanate had reached an...

Italy and Estonia are blocking the inclusion of the UAE in an EU blacklist of countries which are deemed tax havens, documents seen by Reuters show. Foreign ministers are...

European Union states have added ten jurisdictions to a draft tax haven blacklist, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bermuda, an EU official told Reuters on Tuesday, in...

Skyline International Foundation said the Omani authorities have arrested and forcibly disappeared social media activists who rejected normalisation with Israel. The foundation, which monitors violations of freedom of expression...

Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin Alawi said yesterday there is no normalisation with Israel, explaining that what is happening is “a peaceful process to find a settlement for the...

US Vice President Mike Pence accused European powers on Thursday of undermining Washington’s crackdown on Iran by trying to break US sanctions against Tehran, in remarks that were likely...

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will travel to at least five Arab countries in late February to brief diplomats on the economic portion of a long-awaited US peace...

Israel’s foreign ministry announced on Tuesday that it had launched a “virtual embassy” to boost dialogue with the Gulf countries. “We are pleased to announce the re-launch of ‘Israel...

The Moroccan government’s spokesperson, Mustapha Al-Khalfi, yesterday denied recent reports, claiming that the North African country was expecting a visit by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a...

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