October 15, 2026
The eighth Joint Ministerial Commission produced six instruments, including mutual visa exemption for diplomatic and official passport holders and memoranda on IT, archives and media.
October 13, 2026
Sayyid Badr Albusaidi co-chairs the eighth session of the Pakistan-Oman Joint Ministerial Commission with Ishaq Dar, as Islamabad works the Gulf channels on Hormuz and Yemen.
September 16, 2026
Aramco is offering crude to Asian refiners by ship-to-ship transfer off Oman's Sohar port after shutting its east-west pipeline, with loadings at Yanbu suspended and Gulf terminal loadings doubled.
September 14, 2026
Iran says Saudi Arabia requested the postponement of Monday's Oman meeting on the Strait of Hormuz, while insisting its own understanding with Muscat has been finalised.
September 13, 2026
A merchant vessel was struck off Qeshm early on Sunday, killing one, hours before Oman convenes Iran-Gulf talks on the Strait of Hormuz that Bahrain has said it will not attend.
August 28, 2026
Qatar's prime minister met Iran's president, foreign minister, parliament speaker and security chief in Tehran, and Iran agreed to draw up a list of conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The White House says no negotiations with Tehran are under way.
August 27, 2026
Brent fell to $87.24 and WTI to $81.67 as Iran and Oman work to finalise an agreement on managing the Strait of Hormuz, where flows have slipped to about a quarter of pre-war levels.
August 26, 2026
Tehran and Muscat say they discussed a "joint temporary navigational corridor" through the strait and agreed to clear it of mines, as most shipping remains shut down six months into the war.
August 18, 2026
The US president said Iran should "put up the white flag of surrender" and ruled out extending the interim deal, whose 60-day negotiating window expired on Monday. He also threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way".
August 9, 2026
Tehran has attached conditions to any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, including compensation for war damage, an end to the US naval blockade, the lifting of sanctions and the release of frozen assets. Adnoc says 15 of its vessels have been attacked since the war began.
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