Muscat / WAM The Sultanate of Oman on Saturday officially announced the appointment of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimour Al Said as the successor of the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who passed away on Friday evening. The Oman Defence Council in a statement said that it has decided to implement the will of Sultan Qaboos, which was assigned …

Bloomberg Nigeria fully complied in December with limits to oil output set by Opec and other global producers, the head of the country’s energy company said. “We’ve met all of our commitments as of today,” Mele Kyari, group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) as the state energy company is known, said in a Bloomberg Television interview in …

ABU DHABI / WAM The President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, emphasised that the UAE is a global role model in sustainable development, in light of its significant global efforts in sharing renewable energy solutions across the world. He praised its continued support to the organisation’s programmes, especially at the humanitarian and development levels. …