Sources: Reuters
In Mongolia, the National Emergency Management Agency says that wildfires have burnt more than 1 million hectares of land so far this year, mainly due to negligence. 2022-08-28
Mongolia reports a record 831 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 11,651. 2021-04-6
Mongolia reports the first domestic case of COVID-19 from a truck driver who infected his wife and two other relatives after three weeks of quarantine. 2020-11-11
It is announced that Oman will reintroduce a night-time ban on movement and enforce the overnight closure of shops and public places between October 11 and 24, in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This new curfew will apply from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time, and Oman's beaches will also be closed until further notice. 2020-10-9
Omani state television announces the death of the Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al Said aged 79. At the time of his death he was the longest serving head of state in the Middle East and Arab world. 2020-01-10
The Gulf Cooperation Council formally designates Lebanon's Hezbollah militia a terrorist organization. The GCC member states are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. 2016-03-2
Somali pirates seize an oil supertanker off the coast of Oman. 2011-02-9
Somali pirates release a German ship with 22 crew, eight months after it was seized near Oman. 2010-12-28
Somali pirates hijack a Liberian ship 80 nautical miles east of the border between Tanzania and Mozambique, in their most southerly attack yet. 2010-12-10
The United Arab Emirates says the incident in which the Japanese tanker, the MV "M. Star", was damaged in the Strait of Hormuz near Oman last week involved an explosives-laden dinghy. 2010-08-6