Sources: Reuters
Mongolian prime minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar is ousted by the State Great Khural after four months in power. 2025-10-17
Mongolian wrestler Terunofuji is officially promoted to "yokozuna", the highest rank in sumo, and is the 73rd wrestler to have done so. 2021-07-21
Oman suspends tourist visas, sporting events, and non-class student activities to slow the spread of the coronavirus. 2020-03-13
Oman names Haitham bin Tariq al-Said as its new head of state after the death of Sultan Qaboos. 2020-01-11
Malaysian authorities announce the reopening of investigations into the murder of a Mongolian model by two police officers associated with former Prime Minister Najib Razak. Who ordered the killing has never been determined. 2018-06-21
American actor Nicolas Cage agrees to return to Mongolia a stolen dinosaur skull he bought in 2007 for $276,000. Cage says he was unaware the skull had entered the country illegally. 2015-12-22
Six foreigners including two Britons and an American are jailed for lengthy terms in Somalia after the seizure of a plane containing $3.6 million in ransom for pirates. 2011-06-19
Somali pirates release a German ship with 22 crew, eight months after it was seized near Oman. 2010-12-28
Somali pirates hijack a South Korean owned Kenyan registered fishing boat with 43 crew aboard. 2010-10-17
Somali pirates seized a Syrian freighter flagged in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines carrying sugar with 24 crew (22 Syrian and 2 Egyptian) in the Gulf of Aden. 2010-08-5