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Iran Seizes a Ship off the Coast of Oman

Iran's navy announced on Thursday, January 11, that it had seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. This ship had been previously seized by the United States for transporting Iranian oil under sanctions. Iran's navy has seized an oil tanker in Gulf of Oman waters following "a court order" authorizing the move, state media reported on ...

Iran Captures Foreign Vessel Transporting 'Smuggled' Fuel

Iran's Revolutionary Guards captured on Sunday a foreign oil tanker transporting approximately two million liters of "smuggled fuel" near the country's southern coast, leading to the arrest of fourteen crew members. Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized Sunday a foreign oil tanker carrying around two million liters of "smuggled fuel" near the ...

Heavy Storms Hit the Gulf, as Oman Death Toll Reaches 18

Torrential rains and high winds lashed parts of the Gulf on Tuesday as the death toll from storms in Oman rose to 18, many of them children. Flights were cancelled in Dubai, the region's financial hub, while schools were shut in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Flooding hit many areas of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital, and cut off ...

Heavy Floods Hit Dubai as Oman Death Toll Rises

Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai's airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday, after leaving at least 18 dead in Oman. Dubai, the Middle East's financial center, was paralyzed by the heavy storms that caused widespread flooding around the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Flagship shopping ...

Iran and Sweden Announce Prisoner Exchange Deal

Iran and Sweden announced on Saturday a prisoner exchange that saw a former Iranian official jailed in Sweden freed as Stockholm said Tehran had released a European Union diplomat and a second Swede. "Hamid Noury, who has been in illegal detention in Sweden since 2019, is free and will return to the country in a few hours," Kazem Gharibabadi, ...

Scores Dead in Shooting Near Oman Mosque

Six people including four Pakistanis were killed and nearly 30 wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the otherwise stable Gulf sultanate. Monday's mosque attack, which has yet to be claimed, came as Shiites this week mark Ashura, an annual day of mourning that commemorates ...