MUSCAT — As part of ongoing humanitarian efforts and in light of regional developments, the Sultanate of Oman is facilitating the repatriation of travelers from brotherly and friendly nations to their home countries, who are arriving from the GCC states. This is being carried out in coordination with their home governments and international airlines to provide safe and well-organized flights, ensuring their safe return to their homelands. Some travelers expressed to Oman News Agency their...

CANBERRA — Canada and Australia today called for de-escalation in the conflict with Iran during a meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in the Australian capital, Canberra. The meeting follows the United States' announcement that a US submarine had sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, and Turkey's declaration that NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Iran before it could enter Turkish airspace.Speaking...

MUSCAT — Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, convened in Muscat this evening with the ambassadors of ASEAN member states to the Sultanate of Oman.The meeting formed part of ongoing diplomatic endeavors concerning the war being waged by Israel and the United States of America against the Islamic Republic of Iran, its grave ramifications for the region, the imperative of its cessation, the need to contain the resultant escalation, and its implications for regional security and...