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Afghanistan reopens its embassy in Oman, the Taliban say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan’s Embassy in Oman has reopened, an official in Kabul said Tuesday, the latest sign of the growing inclusion of the Taliban among Gulf Arab countries following the United Arab Emirates’ acceptance of a Taliban ambassador last month. ...
Oman state-run oil firm OQ will make initial public offering and potentially seek billions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Omani state-run oil and gas company announced Monday it will make an initial public offering of its exploration and production business, potentially seeking billions in a major move toward privatization in the sultanate. OQ, formerly known as...
At least 13 people have died after a boat carrying migrants sunk off Yemen's coast, UN says
CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, leaving more than two dozen people dead or missing, the U.N. migration agency said Sunday, the latest in a string of shipwrecks that have left scores dead. Despite a nearly decade-long civil war, Yemen — which...
The bodies of 4 Pakistanis killed in the attack on a mosque in Oman have been returned home
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The bodies of four Pakistanis killed in an attack on a Shiite mosque in Oman this week have been repatriated and handed to their families, officials said Friday. Relatives of the victims were present when the Pakistan International Airlines flights landed at the...
With mosque attack in quiet Oman, a fragmented Islamic State group aims to show it can still strike
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the corner of the Arabian Peninsula, Oman has long been seen as one of the safest — if reclusive — countries in the Middle East, spared militant violence that has struck elsewhere. An attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital this week that...
9 rescued, search still on for other crew members after oil tanker capsizes in Arabian Sea off Oman
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Search teams rescued nine crew members, mostly Indians, and recovered the body of another as they searched the Arabian Sea waters for others after an oil tanker capsized this week off the coast of Oman, Omani state media said Wednesday. The...
In attack that shocks quiet Oman, gunmen kill 6 and wound dozens more at a Shiite mosque
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Several gunmen burst into a Shiite mosque in the Gulf Arab state of Oman and opened fire, killing six people and wounding nearly 30 more, authorities said Tuesday, stunning the peaceful sultanate and making it the country's deadliest such attack in recent...
The Latest | US-built aid pier in Gaza will reopen for a few days, then be removed permanently
The pier built by the U.S. military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will get reinstalled Wednesday to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently, several U.S. officials said. It would deal the final blow to a project long plagued by bad weather, security...
A Yemen Houthi attack targets vessel in waters farther away than many previous assaults
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship farther away from nearly all of the previous assaults they've launched in the Gulf of Aden, potentially part of a widening escalation by the group. The attack comes as the U.S. has sent...
Suspected Yemen Houthi attack targets vessel in waters farther away than many previous assaults
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A possible attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship farther away from nearly all of the previous assaults they've launched in the Gulf of Aden, officials said, potentially part of a widening escalation by the group. The attack...
