Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Bader Al-Busaidi and his Bulgarian counterpart Georg Georgiev on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to peaceful solutions in regional and international matters for strengthened security.

SOFIA - Two Bulgarian sailors and a Romanian crew member returned home after being held for 14 months by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, receiving a warm welcome from their families and officials at Sofia airport on Thursday.

Yemen's Houthi rebels said Wednesday they released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war.

Captain Lyubomir Chanev and Senior Mate Danail Veselinov have been released and are expected to return to Bulgaria today. The two sailors, part of the crew of the cargo ship "Galaxy Leader," were taken hostage in the Red Sea in late November 2023.

Doha: Qatar has welcomed Oman s successful mediation, which led to the release of the crew of the Galaxy Leader ship, detained off the coast of

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized the vessel off the coast of Yemen, Al Masirah TV reported on Wednesday. The crew were handed to Oman "in coordination" with Palestinian militant group Hamas after a ceasefire deal in Gaza was brokered with Israel,

The State of Qatar has welcomed the Sultanate of Oman's successful mediation, which led to the release of the crew of the 'Galaxy Leader' ship, detained off

The Yemen-based Houthi forces released the Galaxy Leader's crew, who were detained for more than a year, to Oman amidst a ceasefire in Gaza. The crew members from several countries were taken in November 2023,