Oman

• Quebec man jailed in Dubai on fraud charges since 2015 finally returns to Canada

  André Gauthier, a Quebecer from the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, was working for mining company Gold AE in 2015 when $30 million allegedly went missing.

  Canada

  May 11, 2021
  
• B.C.-based warship makes record drug bust in Arabian Sea

  HMCS Calgary is a Halifax-class frigate based out of Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt.

  Crime

  May 3, 2021
  
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• Oman’s Sultan Qaboos dies; his successor, a cousin, vows to uphold policy of peace

  Qaboos had been unwell for years and underwent treatment in Belgium last month.

  World

  Jan 11, 2020
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• Canadian ‘whistleblower’ to learn fate Tuesday after being detained for years in the Middle East

  The family of a Canadian geologist jailed in Dubai on fraud charges is cautiously optimistic he'll be exonerated in a court hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

  Canada

  Dec 23, 2019
• New video shows Iran warning U.K. warship to ‘not interfere’

  Both sides have called the interception of one another's ships "hostile acts" and "piracy."

  World

  Jul 29, 2019
• U.S. blames Iran for oil tanker attacks

  Iran has repeatedly warned it would block the Strait of Hormuz, near where the attacks happened, if it cannot sell its oil due to U.S. sanctions.

  News

  Jun 13, 2019
• Two oil tankers attacked as tensions escalate over Gulf of Oman shipping lane

  The culprits of the attack are unclear, but the U.S. has blamed Iran for disabling four other oil tankers in May.

  World

  Jun 13, 2019
• Quebecer imprisoned in Oman being extradited to United Arab Emirates, son says

  André Gauthier's family says he will be transferred back to Dubai.

  Canada

  May 28, 2019
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• Family of Quebecer imprisoned in Oman seeks Ottawa’s help to bring him home

  André Gauthier was imprisoned in Dubai for almost 18 months between 2015 and 2017, and has been jailed in Oman since March.

  Canada

  May 27, 2019
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• 5 dead, 30 missing after powerful cyclone lashes Oman and Yemen

  A cyclone more powerful than any previously recorded in southern Oman slammed into the Gulf country and neighbouring Yemen on Saturday, deluging a major city with nearly three years’ worth of rainfall in a single day.

  Weather

  May 26, 2018