Sources: Reuters
Heavy rains and flash floods affect parts of the Persian Gulf, killing at least 18 people in Oman and causing travel disruptions in the United Arab Emirates. 2024-04-16
Mongolia reports a record 3,726 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 217,546. 2021-09-1
On the third day of economic protests, Omani protestors conduct sit-ins at a bridge in Sohar, and similar protests occur in Rustaq, Nizwa, and Sur. 2021-05-25
Due to heightened tensions, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe cancels his scheduled trips to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, and convenes a National Security Council meeting, likely to discuss Iran's attack on U.S. forces based in Iraq. 2020-01-8
Citizens of Oman vote for the members of the country's Consultative Assembly. 2019-10-27
The Somali president urges everyone to donate funds to Somalia to help combat pirates. 2012-06-27
The "Mainichi Shimbun" reports that Japan and the United States are planning to build a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Mongolia. 2011-05-9
Five Somali pirates are sentenced to life in a United States prison plus 80 years for an attack on the United States Navy frigate USS Nicholas. 2011-03-14
Somali pirates release a German ship with 22 crew, eight months after it was seized near Oman. 2010-12-28
Somali pirates seize a Thai-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia. 2010-12-26