The Latest Breaking News from Oman

The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan have finalized an agreement on an undersea electricity connector that could become a new power source for the European Union amid a crunch on energy supplies caused by the war in Ukraine

The sales of aviation fuel in Oman increased by 104% to reach 2.52 million barrels, and its production increased by 34.4% to reach 6.38 million barrels by late October 2022, according to the latest report by the National Center for Statistics and Information. Aviation fuels exports amounted to 3.83 million…

US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking held talks with Omani officials in Muscat efforts to support peace in neighboring Yemen. He held talks with Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al Harthy, Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Diplomatic Affairs, reported the Sultanate’s state news agency (ONA). They reviewed efforts to help…

The US State Department called on Monday the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen to “immediately cease their attacks on Yemeni ports” and to engage in peace efforts. It added that US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking started travel on November 27 to Oman and Saudi Arabia to support ongoing…

If a tent in the desert does not sound like the most glamorous of stages on which to score your first World Cup goal, then consider that Niclas Fullkrug only made the least heralded of international debuts a fortnight ago — as a half-time substitute in a scarcely-acknowledged tournament warm-up…

U.S. special envoy Tim Lenderking is traveling to Oman and Saudi Arabia this week to support Yemen peace efforts, the U.S. State Department said on Monday in a statement that also urged an immediate end to attacks on Yemeni ports.

Niclas Füllkrug was scoring goals in Germany’s second division one year ago. Now he’s scoring at the World Cup. “That’s exactly what he’s there for,” teammate Thomas Müller said after Füllkrug's late goal rescued a 1-1 draw for Germany against Spain in Group E on Sunday. Exactly one year earlier,…

Accusations by the United States that Iran was behind an attack on a tanker in the Gulf of Oman are baseless, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Monday.

The total assets of Oman’s Islamic banking sector, including Islamic banks and windows operating in the sultanate, jumped by 9.1 percent year-on-year to reach at RO6.4 billion ($16.6 billion) by late September 2022. Oman’s Islamic banking assets now account for 16.2 percent of the country’s total banking system assets, according…