“We’re getting close.” Those were the last words I said to Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said. It was the fall of 2013, during the final stretch of secret talks with Iran. Brokered and hosted by the Omanis ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who died late on Friday, transformed Oman during his 49-year reign from a poverty-stricken country torn by dissent into a prosperous state and an ...

For the first time in roughly half a century, Oman is under new direction. The longest-serving monarch of the Arab world, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, died Friday at the age of 79, ceding the country to ...

Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said died on Friday evening, state media said early on Saturday. Western-backed Qaboos, 79, had ruled the Gulf Arab state since he took over in a bloodless coup in 1970 with ...

The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said, who seized power during a 1970s palace coup, passed away at the age of 79 on Saturday, according to the country's state-run news agency. His cause of death was not ...

MUSCAT (Reuters) - Omani leader Sultan Qaboos made his first public appearance in nearly a year on Friday, attending annual National Day celebrations. Wearing a military uniform, Qaboos appeared in ...

Delivering the opening address of the 5 th Term of the Council of Oman, Qaboos observed, “We are looking forward to a qualitative shift in the national work to be carried out by the Council of Oman in ...

Oman's Sultan Qaboos, who died on Friday aged 79, transformed the former Arabian Peninsula backwater into a modern state and sought-after mediator while shielding the sultanate from a region in ...

Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast’s longest-ruling monarch who carefully balanced diplomatic ties between Iran and the U.S., died late Friday at 79. The sultan’s death raised the risk of ...

LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Omani Sultan Qaboos is gone, but his legacy of peace lives on. The Gulf’s longest-serving ruler, in power for half a century, finally succumbed to illness late on ...

For the first time in roughly half a century, Oman is under new direction. The longest-serving monarch of the Arab world, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, died Friday at the age of 79, ceding the country to ...