Sources: BBC
Oman reaches an agreement with France and the United Kingdom to ensure safe navigation through the country's waterways including the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz. 2026-07-4
Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez says that the International Maritime Organization will pause an evacuation effort for 11,000 seafarers on stranded ships in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran objected to the plan and after a vessel was attacked near Oman. 2026-06-25
Transitional Sovereignty Council leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Omani sultan Haitham bin Tariq hold official talks to focus on regional development and efforts to end the war in Sudan. 2026-04-21
Oman orders the evacuation of vessels from the Mina Al Fahal oil port. 2026-03-12
Three people are killed and two others injured after a boat carrying 25 tourists from France capsizes off the coast of Muscat, Oman. 2026-01-27
The USNS "Big Horn" of the United States Navy runs aground and is damaged off the coast of Oman while operating in the Middle East after replenishing the USS "Abraham Lincoln" carrier strike group. 2024-09-24
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
Oman receives 10 former detainees of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp following a request by the United States to take them. 2017-01-16
At least 18 people are killed and 16 others injured in a multi-vehicle accident involving a bus near Nahdah in northwestern Oman. Six of the dead were from Oman, four from Saudi Arabia, two from Pakistan, and one from Yemen. Five others are unidentified. 2016-03-1
Two government ministers in Oman are replaced amid ongoing demonstrations in the country. 2011-03-5