Iranian security official Ali Larijani is in Oman, the country currently mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear program.

Oman's Aamir Kaleem has become the oldest player ever to play in a Twenty20 World Cup, but the 44-year-old veteran insists he's far from finished and is determined to keep pushing for his country's success.

Senior U.S. and Iranian officials were set to meet in Oman as a deepening crisis over Tehran's nuclear program fueled fears of military confrontation.

The presence of U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, in his dress uniform at the talks in Muscat, the Omani capital, served as a reminder that the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and other warships were now off the coast of Iran in the Arabian Sea.

Malaysia’s national energy company Petronas has strengthened its upstream portfolio with the award of the Block 18 exploration area offshore Oman.

The State Department warned American citizens to “leave Iran now” ahead of indirect talks in the Persian Gulf state of Oman between Washington and Tehran over the status of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

Zimbabwe open their T20 World Cup campaign with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Oman in Colombo thanks to an unbeaten 48 from Brian Bennett.

MUSCAT: Omantel launched Otech, positioning the new platform as a future-technology provider and a key enabler of Oman’s digital