All posts tagged "Oman"

During a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Trump threatened to blow up Oman, a United States ally near Iran, and people couldn't quite believe their ears.

Trump was answering questions from reporters about whether he would accept a deal to end the war in Iran if it meant giving over control of the Strait of Hormuz to Iran and Oman. He turned down the idea, but then made a startling threat.

"The Strait is going to be open to everybody. It's international waters," Trump said. "Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we'll have to blow them up. They understand that."...

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. may have to "attack" Iran's nuclear sites to prevent the Islamic Republic from building a nuclear weapon, according to a new report in TIME.

CNN's Alayna Treene discussed TIME's interview on Friday's Situation Room.

"He said that he would be open to meeting with Iran's supreme leader," Treene said, recounting the article's news-making highlights. "He also made it very clear that he's confident the United States can reach a deal with Iran to try and create some sort of nuclear deal, to avoid them from building up their nuclear facility." ...

BP has won official approval to develop a key shale gas project in Oman at a cost of $16 billion (11.6 billion euros), the British energy giant said on Monday.