MUSCAT, Oman -- Cyclone Gonu battered Oman's coast Wednesday with fierce winds and torrential rains, forcing thousands from their homes and shutting down oil installations before heading toward the ...

MUSCAT, Oman -- Cyclone Gonu battered Oman's coast Wednesday with fierce winds and torrential rains, forcing thousands from their homes and shutting down oil installations before heading toward the ...

Tropical Cyclone Gonu waned further as it moved towards Iran through the Gulf of Oman, but is likely to skirt the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil shipments in the region, forecasters ...

Tropical Cyclone Gonu, which earlier reached the level of a maximum-force Category Five hurricane, was the strongest to reach Oman's coast since 1977, the Omani weather service told Reuters, with ...

Oman evacuated tens of thousands Wednesday and closed the major port of Sohar as a weakening Cyclone Gonu roared toward the Strait of Hormuz — the world’s major transport artery for Persian Gulf oil.

Oil increased towards $71 a barrel today, its highest level in two weeks, after a cyclone shut Oman's oil and gas exports before weakening on its way to Iran. London Brent crude edged up 15 cents to ...

This seaside city has long been renowned as one of the Mideast's prettiest, with a gorgeous mountain backdrop, a smattering of hilltop castles overlooking a sparkling sea, and a proud leader who ...

The UAE has set up a task force on border areas with the Sultanate of Oman as the receding storm reaches the emirate of Fujairah. In Kalba, which is in the emirate of Sharjah but borders Fujairah, ...

Oman is recovering from Gonu, the cyclone that hit its coast less than two weeks ago. Many residents of Muscat lost their houses, cars and all their possessions. The luckier ones had to suffer several ...