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Three French tourists killed as boat capsizes off Oman’s coast

January 27th, 2026 - 04:48 GMT

Mansour Al-Maswari

Three French tourists killed as boat capsizes off Oman’s coast

ALBAWABA- Three French tourists were killed and two others were injured after a tour boat capsized off the coast of Oman, local authorities said on Tuesday. In a statement posted on X, the Royal Oman Police said preliminary findings indicate that the vessel overturned about 4.6 nautical miles from the Port of Sultan Qaboos in Muttrah province. The boat was carrying a group of 25 French tourists, along with a ...

Jordan's Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour.

March 30th, 2013 - 04:35 GMT

Jordan's PM sworn in with smallest cabinet to date

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Puneet Talwar (C), the National Security Council's Senior Director with responsibilities for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf countries, and another advisor aboard an Air Force C-17 aircraft during their return to Amman from a trip to Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO/JASON REED/POOL)

March 30th, 2013 - 09:39 GMT

Iraq says it will tighten controls on Iranian flights to Syria using its airspace

Syrian rebels raise their weapons under a pre-Baath Syrian flag currently used by the opposition during an anti-regime protest in the northern city of Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC)

March 30th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Police in Turkey seize Syrian weapons hoard

March 29th, 2013 - 03:10 GMT

Police and protestors clash in Cairo, dozens injured

Smoke rises from the site of a car bomb near the Imam Mahdi Islamic Center in Baghdad on March 29, 2013. A series of bombs near Shia mosques targeting worshippers attending weekly prayers killed at least 15 people, the latest in a spike in unrest ahead of Iraq's first polls since 2010. (AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR)

March 29th, 2013 - 12:16 GMT

Shia faithful attacked by suicide bombers across Iraq

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have long been suspected as fighting in Syria for the regime.

March 29th, 2013 - 09:41 GMT

Iranian Revolutionary Guards wounded in plane takedown in Damascus - reports

The FSA hit the plane as it was landing in Damascus International Airport. (Al Arabiya)

March 29th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Syrian rebels take down Iranian weapons plane - reports

The shadow of a Bahraini protestor is seen over a graffiti which reads in Arabic "steadfast" during clashes with riot police following the funeral of Jaffar Jassim al-Taweel in the village of Sitra, south of Manama on March 27, 2013. 35-year-old Taweel died in the hospital after developing respiratory complications and according to his relatives is due to the inhalation of poisonous tear gas that riot police used during a protest in March 2013. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)

March 28th, 2013 - 03:00 GMT

Bahrain overturns the verdict, acquits 21 protest medics

Damascus University cafeteria after an alleged mortar attack (AFP Photo SANA)

March 28th, 2013 - 02:52 GMT

At least 15 killed in attack at Damascus University

Jordan's Prime Minister-designate warned of a potential catastrophe if his country reaches a total of one million refugees (Photo UNHCR/ B. Sokol)

March 28th, 2013 - 02:23 GMT

Jordan's PM warns of "catastrophic" refugee crisis as Turkey denies deportations

Moaz al-Khatib (L) with the Qatari delegation at the inauguration ceremony. (AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB)

March 28th, 2013 - 08:36 GMT

Syrian opposition get their first embassy opening in Qatar

Iraq’s fugitive Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi.

March 28th, 2013 - 07:24 GMT

Iraq's fugitive vice president says his country is having its Arab Spring