Sources: Reuters
Comoros-flagged oil tanker Prestige Falcon capsizes off the coast of Oman. The Indian Navy rescues nine crew members, with seven others missing. 2024-07-17
Iran and Sweden complete a prisoner swap mediated by Oman, with former Iranian official Hamid Nouri being exchanged for former Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus and a Swedish-Iranian citizen. 2024-06-15
Three people are killed and 11 are injured when a gas truck collides with a car in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 2024-01-23
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
Mongolia reports a record 1,220 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby surpassing 1,000 daily cases for the first time. 2021-04-14
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
British Defence Minister Gavin Williamson announces that a joint British-Omani military training base will open in Oman next year. 2018-11-5
Seven Indian sailors are released by pirates after 4 years of captivity. 2014-10-30
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