Sources: Reuters
Oman orders the evacuation of vessels from the Mina Al Fahal oil port. 2026-03-12
Iran and the United States, represented by foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and special envoy Steve Witkoff, hold their first round of indirect talks in Muscat, Oman, and agree to continue the negotiations. 2025-04-12
Three people are killed and 11 are injured when a gas truck collides with a car in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 2024-01-23
Cyclone Mekunu makes landfall near Salalah, Oman, killing at least five people with 30 others reported missing. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), maximum sustained winds of 170 - km-h have been recorded, equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane. The storm is moving north toward Saudi Arabia. 2018-05-26
Flash floods leave 16 people dead and 3 others missing in Saudi Arabia, with authorities urging citizens to avoid low-lying wadis. At least two others were killed in neighboring Oman in some of the heaviest rainfall in more than 25 years. 2013-05-1
The South Korean navy directs an operation against Somali pirates who hijacked a South Korean ship, rescuing all 21 hostages, while eight pirates are killed and five are captured. 2011-01-21
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
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