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Twelve sailors, including 11 Indians, were injured after a Panama-flagged tanker was struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz off Oman. Omani authorities evacuated the injured to Khasab for treatment, while India condemned the attack and called for an end to targeting commercial vessels and the restoration of maritime and trade movement through international waterways.
The master of a crude oil tanker reported that the vessel was struck by an unknown projectile four nautical miles east of Oman. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations authority confirmed that all crew members were safe and that no environmental impact had been reported after sailors extinguished a limited fire and the tanker resumed its voyage.
The Oman Astronomical Society’s observatory on Jabal Shams has entered a new phase after being developed into the society’s first fully robotic observatory, equipped with optical and solar telescopes and automated weather-monitoring and protection systems. The project aims to support research, education and astronomical tourism, alongside the launch of a national initiative to protect Oman’s night skies.
An attack on the bulk carrier MV Cape Dao, which was bound for India, killed an Indian seafarer and sparked a fire in the engine room. The Royal Oman Navy evacuated 27 crew members off Musandam Governorate and provided them with the necessary medical care.
US officials and Houthi representatives held a meeting at the US embassy in Muscat earlier this week, in an arrangement facilitated by Oman, according to informed sources. The group’s representatives told the US side that they did not intend to target US vessels and were committed to the ceasefire agreement reached between the two sides in 2025.
