18+ hour, 2+ min ago   (968+ words) Maritime trackers received ​new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to global energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline. The British navy-affiliated…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (291+ words) MUSCAT: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, received a telephone call on Wednesday from António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations. During the call, the two sides discussed regional developments and their humanitarian repercussions. They also highlighted the…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (615+ words) London: Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, topped $100 a barrel Wednesday following a flare-up in the US-Iran war since the end of August that risks fresh disruption to oil supplies. Oil prices have experienced great volatility since the start…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (653+ words) For years, China has been talking a big game about the Arctic. The country lies far from the Arctic Circle — more than 800 miles — but still, it has declared itself a “near-Arctic state.” It has teamed up with Russia on coast…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (681+ words) The U.S. military said Tuesday that it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in reprisal for attempted strikes by Iran on a U.S. Navy warship, adding to the burst of fighting in recent days that has punctured weeks of relative calm. U.S. Central…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (295+ words) Oman Observer The price of Oman crude increased by $11.99 to $116.53 for November delivery at the close of Monday's trading.The average monthly price for October was $87.84.Brent crude futures hit their highest in six weeks, nearing $99 a barrel, after Yemen's…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (22+ words) Oman Observer Oman evacuates 16 crew members from stricken Saudi oil tanker...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (258+ words) The average monthly price for October was $87.84. A shortage of fuel oil used in ships ​and power plants looms in the third quarter as refiners increasingly squeezed by wars that have disrupted both crude processing and tanker traffic ‌prioritise output…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1240+ words) For months the U.S. military has sought to protect tankers from Iranian attacks as they carry Persian Gulf oil through the Strait of Hormuz. After more than six months of war, analysts said the strait remained in a lethal stalemate. “The…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (279+ words) Tehran: Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf threatened on Sunday to launch swifter and more forceful responses to US attacks, after an exchange of fire in which Tehran targeted American warships and the US attacked Iranian tankers. "The Americans must…...