Oman

The Sultan of Oman, Haitham Bin Tariq, has appointed his oldest son, Dhi Yazan Bin Haitham, as crown prince, the country's first following a constitutional shakeup on Monday. Prior to becoming...

Sultan Haitham bin Tariq has put in place a host of new laws that guarantee greater rights and freedoms for Omanis including gender equality

The Iranian army yesterday announced its intention to carry out "major missile exercises" in the Gulf of Oman today. In an official statement, the army said that the maneuvers...

Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq pardoned hundreds of prisoners, including foreigners, on the first anniversary of his ascendancy to the throne, the official Omani News Agency said Sunday, Anadolu...

More than 270,000 expatriate workers left Oman as a result of the repercussions of the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Sultanate's National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI)...

Oman has announced that it will begin rolling out its coronavirus vaccination campaign from Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. The official Oman News Agency (ONA) reported on Saturday that the...

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman are closing their borders and suspending commercial flights over fears about a new coronavirus strain, the three Gulf Arab states said. Saudi Arabia shut...

Qatar's Ministry of Public Health granted emergency use authorisation for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech and is due to receive the first shipment on Monday, state...

The coronavirus pandemic claimed five more lives in Oman and sickened 143 in Qatar on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. The Omani Health Ministry said 684 people were infected with COVID-19 over...

Sultan of Oman, Haitham Bin Tariq, has approved the launch of the country's Vision 2040 which will be effective from next year, according to an announcement by the Foreign...

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday denied claims he met an envoy of US President-elect Joe Biden during his recent visit to the...

A picture from a school book from Kuwait has circulated on social media purportedly showing a map of the Middle East in which Palestine has been replaced with Israel...

Oman on Friday welcomed Morocco's decision to normalise relations with Israel, Anadolu Agency reports. Oman wishes that the recent announcement by King Mohammed VI of Morocco would strengthen the ongoing efforts...

The value of Iran's exports to Arab countries reached $8.565 billion during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year which started in March, the Fars news agency reported...

Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi has expressed his country's rejection of a proposed move by the US to designate the Yemeni AnsarAllah movement, commonly known as the Houthis,...

Iran's ambassador to Muscat has called for more cooperation between Tehran and the Sultanate in the field of defence. During a meeting yesterday Ali Najafi Khoshroudi met with Oman's...

The US Ambassador to Yemen, Christopher Henzel, made a "surprise" visit to the eastern governorate of Al-Mahra, arriving in the provincial capital of Ghaydah on Monday. According to Al-Mahra Online, the diplomat held a series of meetings with...

Some 14 Indian nationals have been set free after being detained in Yemen's capital Sanaa since February. The Indian Embassy in Djibouti confirmed their release on Saturday and made...

On 13 August, Joe Biden said that he welcomed the normalisation agreement between Israel and the UAE, believing it to be a historic step that helps ease tension and...

The Sultan of Oman, Haitham Bin Tariq, yesterday issued a royal pardon for 390 prisoners, including 150 expats who were convicted in various cases. The official news agency said...

Oman plans to launch the sultanate's first space satellite in 2024 according to the Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, Dr Said Bin Hamoud Al-Mawali. Al-Mawali made the...

Oman plans to introduce an unprecedented income tax on the country’s top earners starting in 2022

Oman has received $1 billion in direct financial aid from Qatar as the sultanate tries to mitigate its economic crisis which has been worsened by the impact of the...

The Grand Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Hamad Al-Khalili, on Monday declared his full support for the boycott of French products following French President Emmanuel...

Oman will be the next Arab country to normalize relations with Israel, according to Israeli media on Sunday, Anadolu reports. Israeli officials believe that Oman will soon sign a...

The Authorities in Arab countries, particularly Jordan, the UAE, the Sultanate of Oman and Algeria, have decided to ban the Friday prayer under the pretext of limiting the spread...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Oman and Pakistan in the field of military cooperation. The memorandum was signed at the headquarters of the Omani Ministry...

Health authorities in Oman confirmed 30 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, while Libya reported 26 fatalities, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the Omani Health Ministry said 1,657 new...

The US has urged countries not to restore diplomatic relations with the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad or upgrade their economic cooperation with it. The Al-Hurra news channel quoted a...

Local health authorities on Tuesday recorded more coronavirus cases and deaths in Libya, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, and Kuwait, reports Anadolu Agency. In Libya, the government's National...

Syria yesterday announced that it had officially received the credentials of the first Omani ambassador to the country since the revolution against the regime began in 2011. Local media...

An Israeli newspaper has reported that Sudan and Oman have postponed normalising ties with Israel until after the US elections, Rai Al-Youm reported on Friday. Reporting Israeli newspaper Maariv,...