The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al-Said, has died aged 79 after five decades in power. He ousted his own father in a coup in 1970 and lived to become the longest-serving leader in the Middle East.

Sultan Qaboos, the longest-reigning leader of the modern Arab world, has died at the age of 79, the royal court said Saturday. "With great sorrow and deep sadness... the royal court mourns His Majesty ...

MUSCAT: The proceedings of the first International Conference on the Archaeology of the Oman Peninsula began on Sunday at ...

World leaders paid homage to Sultan Qaboos of Oman, who died at the age of 79, as a wise and moderate leader and a champion of Arab and Islamic nations. (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 31, ...

Oman's Sultan Qaboos, who died on Friday aged 79, transformed the former Arabian Peninsula backwater into a modern state and sought-after mediator while shielding the sultanate from a region in ...