14+ hour, 56+ 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…...

12+ hour, 22+ min ago   (353+ words) When inflation falls, prices do not necessarily fall with it. Lower inflation simply means prices are rising more slowly; household grocery bills, transport costs and other everyday expenses do not automatically return to where they were a few years ago....

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (325+ words) omanobserver.om BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz labelled the far-right AfD's demand for mass "remigration" a form of "ethnic cleansing by skin colour and origin" in a parliamentary exchange on Wednesday Three days after the AfD scored a crushing election…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (402+ words) Many people were too frightened to speak publicly about Elon Musk, director Alex Gibney said, as he unveiled his marathon documentary about the billionaire entrepreneur at the Venice Film Festival. The nearly four-hour movie charts Musk's rise from the dotcom…...

4+ day, 14+ 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, 4+ hour ago   (700+ words) Wars must not be allowed to become a tolerated norm, and diplomacy and dialogue must remain at the heart of efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts, Pierre Krähenbühl, Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said during…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (197+ words) Oman Observer NUUK: European Commission President Ursula von ​der Leyen unveiled plans on Monday for €200 million ($232 million) of EU investments in Greenland and closer ties with the Danish Arctic territory, which President Donald Trump has insisted should belong…...

6+ day, 14+ 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, 4+ hour ago   (451+ words) Oman Observer BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks after strikes on Sunday killed at least four people despite a truce and an Israel-Lebanon deal In the latest escalation, Israel said…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (765+ words) KYIV: US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff began talks on Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on ending the war with Russia, making their first visit to Kyiv a day after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the…...