UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, agreed on 31 July to deepen cooperation in energy, defence, security and technology during talks in London, while calling for urgent humanitarian aid to reach Gaza.
The two leaders also discussed the ongoing UK-Gulf Cooperation Council trade negotiations and expressed concern over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza. A Downing Street spokesperson said both agreed the current conditions “cannot continue” and stressed the need for a longer-term peace plan.
UK Prime Minister Starmer briefed the Sultan of Oman on his recent conversations with world leaders and reiterated the UK’s stance on Palestinian statehood. On 30 July, Starmer announced that the United Kingdom would recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel made significant progress towards ending the conflict and achieving peace.
On regional diplomacy, Starmer thanked Sultan Haitham for Oman’s continued efforts to de-escalate tensions with Iran and help avoid renewed conflict in the region.
The meeting signals closer ties between the United Kingdom and Oman as London seeks to expand its influence and cooperation with Gulf states across multiple strategic sectors.
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The U.S. government has shut down after Congress failed to approve funding. Non-essential services are paused, thousands of federal workers are left unpaid, and both parties blame each other for the deadlock.
The pro-independence coalition Kanak and Socialist National Liberation (FLNKS) has formally withdrawn its signatures from the so-called “Accord de Bougival”, accusing the French state of misrepresentation and “brute force” tactics in New Caledonia’s decolonisation process.
NATO navies are ramping up defenses in the Baltic and North Seas as Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of deceptive vessels grows rapidly, raising fears of espionage and sabotage against critical infrastructure.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
The pro-independence coalition Kanak and Socialist National Liberation (FLNKS) has formally withdrawn its signatures from the so-called “Accord de Bougival”, accusing the French state of misrepresentation and “brute force” tactics in New Caledonia’s decolonisation process.
The U.S. government has shut down after Congress failed to approve funding. Non-essential services are paused, thousands of federal workers are left unpaid, and both parties blame each other for the deadlock.
NATO navies are ramping up defenses in the Baltic and North Seas as Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of deceptive vessels grows rapidly, raising fears of espionage and sabotage against critical infrastructure.
The Pentagon recommitted itself in a statement on Tuesday to scaling back its military mission in Iraq, a process that a U.S. official said will see Baghdad command efforts to combat remnants of Islamic State inside its own country.
U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday as investors assessed the implications of the federal government shutdown, which threatens to disrupt the release of key economic data and complicate the Federal Reserve's policy path.
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