In the arid mountains of northern Oman, rocky caves hold pools of water. Naturalists were exploring these subterranean lakes in the Al-Hoota cave in 1980 when they discovered a white, eyeless fish.

MUSCAT - The emir of Qatar is building a new “palace” in the Jebel al-Akhdar mountains in Oman. Construction at the site, which overlooks a scenic canyon 2,000m above sea level, began in late ...