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Vehicles sit abandoned in floodwater covering a major road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping over a year and a half's worth of rain on the desert city-state of Dubai in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and its international airport. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Storm dumps record rain across the desert nation of UAE and floods the Dubai airport

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

This undated photo released by the Taliban Interior Ministry on Sunday Feb. 11, 2024, shows Afghan prisoner Abdul Zahir Saber. Two Afghan prisoners who were held in U.S. custody for more than 13 years at the Guantanamo Bay detention center after 2002 were released from house arrest in Oman, a Taliban spokesman said Sunday Feb. 11, 2024. Abdul Zahir Saber and Abdul Karim were released as a result of the efforts made by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Taliban interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said. (Taliban Interior Ministry via AP)

2 Afghans who were detained at Guantanamo Bay for 14 years have been released, the Taliban say

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Then there is Oman. Call them the Greenville of the international world. They have something solid to offer, and they are executing a plan to successfully get the word out to those looking for a wise long-term investment opportunity. Photo courtesy of Oman Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Investment Promotion.

Oman means business … literally

By Tim Constantine

In this June 15, 1962 file photo, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor arrive in a motor launch at the small town Porto d'Ischia, on the isle of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples, Italy for the shooting of some scenes of "Cleopatra". Publicist Sally Morrison says Taylor died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79. (AP Photo/Girolamo, File)

Armed guards on famed yacht open fire off Yemen

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during during Army Day parade in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. President Raisi reiterated threats against Israel while though he stayed away from criticizing Saudi Arabia as Tehran seeks a détente with the kingdom. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) ** FILE **

U.S. protests as Iranian navy seizes another tanker in heavily trafficked strait

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Cash is fanned out from a wallet in North Andover, Mass., June 15, 2018. The U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the July-September 2022 quarter, the government reported Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, underscoring that the United States is not in a recession despite distressingly high inflation and interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. But the economy is hardly in the clear. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Worldwide recession? Where should investors look?

By Tim Constantine

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2020 file image made from video shows Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said in Muscat, Oman. Oman's sultan on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, named foreign and finance ministers for the first time, putting officials in positions long wielded by his late predecessor. (Oman TV via AP)

Vacation in the Middle East? Absolutely yes.

By Tim Constantine

This undated photo provided by the Iranian army shows navy's support ship Kharg. The Kharg, the largest warship in the Iranian navy, caught fire and later sank Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported. (Iranian army via AP)

Mysterious fire sinks Iran’s largest warship

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2020 file photo, Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at al-Alam palace in the capital Muscat, Oman. The new sultan, while quietly making his mark, faces real challenges ahead. Oman has billions in looming loan repayments, including from China, and needs even more money as its youthful population wants jobs and its government cannot afford the cradle-to-grave benefits given in other Gulf Arab nations. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

Oman’s new sultan quietly makes his mark as challenges loom

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Iran begins expansive annual war games amid tensions with US

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2020 file image made from video shows Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said in Muscat, Oman. Oman's sultan on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, named foreign and finance ministers for the first time, putting officials in positions long wielded by his late predecessor. (Oman TV via AP)

In a first, Oman’s sultan names foreign, finance ministers

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this photo provided Thursday, June 18, 2020, by the Iranian Army, a warship launches a missile during a naval exercise. State media reported Thursday that Iran test fired cruise missiles in a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean. The report by the official IRNA news agency said the missiles destroyed targets at a distance of 280 kilometers (170 miles). (Iranian Army via AP)

State media: Iran test fires cruise missiles in naval drill

Associated Press

UN experts: Yemen’s rebels getting weapons similar to Iran’s

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 photo, made available by the Oman News Agency, Oman's new Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, right, receives Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, after his arrival to attend an official mourning ceremony for the late Sultan Qaboos, in Muscat, Oman. A flurry of diplomatic visits and meetings crisscrossing the Persian Gulf are driving urgent efforts to defuse the possibility of all-out war after the U.S. killed Iran's top military commander. Global leaders and top diplomats are repeating in recent days the mantra of “de-escalation” and “dialogue,” yet none have publicly laid out a path to achieving either. (Oman News Agency via AP)

Japan’s Abe among visitors to Oman to meet new sultan

Associated Press

In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman sits during a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat, Oman. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP, File)

New Oman ruler vows to uphold late sultan’s peaceful policy

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman sits during a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat, Oman. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman, dies at 79

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Oman says Sultan Qaboos, 79, is ‘stable’ amid health scare

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this photo made available by Oman News Agency, on March 23, 2015, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman arrives in Muscat. Oman’s 79-year-old ruler will travel to Belgium for a medical checkup, the sultanate’s state-run news agency reported Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. Sultan Qaboos bin Said left “for some medical checks that will take a limited period, God willing,” the Oman News Agency reported, citing a royal court statement. He has taken medical trips abroad in the past. (AP Photo/ Oman News Agency) .

Oman’s ruler back home after medical checkup in Belgium

Associated Press

FILE - In this photo made available by Oman News Agency, on March 23, 2015, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman arrives in Muscat. Oman’s 79-year-old ruler will travel to Belgium for a medical checkup, the sultanate’s state-run news agency reported Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. Sultan Qaboos bin Said left “for some medical checks that will take a limited period, God willing,” the Oman News Agency reported, citing a royal court statement. He has taken medical trips abroad in the past. (AP Photo/ Oman News Agency) .

Oman’s sultan, 79, travels to Belgium for medical checks

Associated Press

In this Sunday, July 21, 2019 photo, a speedboat of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard moves around a British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. Global stock markets were subdued Monday while the price of oil climbed as tensions in the Persian Gulf escalated after Iran's seizure of a British oil tanker on Friday. (Morteza Akhoondi/Mehr News Agency via AP)

Omani diplomat in Iran amid tanker crisis in Persian Gulf

By MOHAMMAD NASIRI - Associated Press