As U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities drive fears of retaliation, it remains to be seen whether Iran will try to ...

Arab governments, especially in the gulf, had once taken a hawkish line toward Iran but now worry U.S. strikes could upend ...

Iran has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping route which around 20% of the world’s daily oil flows through.

Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for ...

Trump said the strikes, which he described as “very successful,” had hit the Natanz, Fordo and Isfahan sites, with Fordo ...

While the Ukraine war has redirected European focus to the Black Sea, any disruption in the Persian Gulf—through escalation or miscalculation—would immediately reverberate across global oil markets.

Trump is considering renaming the Persian Gulf to the "Arabian Gulf" for official US purposes. The possible name change is controversial, with Iran strongly opposing it. This follows Trump's ...

His suggestion to call the body of water the “Arabian Gulf” has apparently done the impossible: Unite Iranians. By Farnaz Fassihi President Trump has floated changing the name of the Persian ...

Not content with trying to rename one body of water, Donald Trump may be planning to rename another. Fresh from unilaterally changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the US president ...

Even the U.S. military has paid homage to this tradition; veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War have their tombstones engraved with “Persian Gulf,” a testament to its lasting cultural and historical ...

Ahead of Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, the US has decided to refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf, a move likely aimed at strengthening ties with Arab nations. This decision has ...

President Trump said Wednesday he’s considering trying to change the name of the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Arabia or the Arabian Gulf. Trump said he’s going to make a final decision on the ...