The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is nestled in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by Saudi Arabia to ...

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of ...

For years, as disputes over names on the map riled up nationalist passions in several parts of the world, US policymakers ...

The Iranian military seems to be sending a message to Donald Trump by revealing a new naval base ahead of his inauguration.

President-elect Trump has expressed support for a negotiated solution with Iran on all outstanding issues, while Iranian ...

Geopolitics abhors a power vacuum. One country’s loss is another’s gain, and the space left by Iran is being occupied, for ...

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Oman— are increasingly backing Russia in its geopolitical and economic ...

While major ruptures are not expected, Gulf states are urging a tougher stance on Israel and a softening toward Iran, ...

Iran is reeling from a cratering economy and stinging military setbacks across its sphere of influence in the Middle East ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President-elect Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name ...

The Persian Gulf has been widely known by that name since the 16th century, although usage of “Gulf” and “Arabian Gulf” is dominant in many countries in the Middle East. The government of ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.” ...