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Qatar has called on Saudi Arabia to release a Qatari citizen arrested on the Yemen-Oman border amid diplomatic standoff between the tiny Gulf country and its neighbors led by the Saudi kingdom. The Qatari foreign ministry in a statement said Read more
Saudi Foreign Minister Thursday indicated that a solution to the diplomatic feud opposing Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt to Qatar would come from within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and not the Arab League. Saudi Arabia is Read more
Sophia, the world famous robot and future UN partner, will be addressing a conference late this month in Omani capital, Muscat. Sophia will kick off Oman Global Tech & Investment Summit from April 29-30, Muscat Daily reports citing the event Read more
US President Donald Trump’s planned summit with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is likely to be postponed until September, after the wholly month of Ramadan, Reuters has learned. Five US sources knowledgeable of the conference who requested to Read more
State-run oil Oman Petroleum Development (PDO) has announced the discovery of a giant gas reservoir whose potential will boost the country’s economy and sustainable growth. The new find located in the Mabrouk gasfield, in the Garif formation in northern Oman, Read more
The Omani government has arrested and deported 138 expat workers for violating labor law at the time the state embarks on the Omanization of the work sector. According to press reports, 82 of the deportees are accused by the ministry Read more
The Omani Ministry of Manpower has issued a six-month decree banning the sultanate’s private sector from hiring foreign expats in 10 sectors in a bid to promote locally trained skills. The temporary ban targets information systems, sales, marketing, administration, human Read more
Oman Liquefied Natural Gas Company (Oman LNG) will supply British Petroleum BP 1.1 million tons of LNG per year in a deal to last seven years, Reuters reports. BP was represented by its Singapore-based trade unit. The deal, according to Read more
British Petroleum (BP) Oman has charged Petrofac to carry ‘development of a central processing facility (CPF) at the Khazzan Phase Two (Ghazeer) gas development with a contract estimated at $800 million. The contract is the second received by the oilfield Read more
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Kuwait city Tuesday was cut short and ended the same day it opened after most influential members chose to snub the meeting because of the presence of Qatar ruler who is facing boycott Read more