Iran long has threatened to close off the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of all oil ...

The chief executive of a Saudi firm says a Trump-branded project is “just a matter of time.” The Trump Organization’s major ...

China has overtaken the West as the largest trading partner with countries in the Gulf region for the first time in 2024, ...

A tanker has suddenly changed course into Iranian waters while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The British military warns ...

Iranian forces seized an oil tanker sailing in the Gulf of Oman, diverting the vessel toward the country’s territorial waters on Friday after it passed the Strait of Hormuz, a US defense official said ...

Floating in the Persian Gulf, around three miles off the coast of Dubai, there are 300 man-made islands spread across around ...

Behind the alarming opulence of Dubai, a question lurks: what was it like before the sudden deluge of wealth and immigration?

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Fishermen caught a “large”-headed sea creature with “very small teeth” off Iran that scientists identified as a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Off the southern coast of Iran ...

Al Marjan Islands in Ras Al Khaimah, a coastal getaway of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has attracted world-leading hotels and restaurants. It highlights another example of how the Gulf nation, like ...

An Israeli strike on a Hamas delegation in Qatar strained U.S. guarantees to Gulf allies. The recent attack raised questions about Washington’s reliability and prompted calls for strategic ...

The U.S. and Qatar are reassessing their security partnership in an effort to deter a future Israeli strike, a senior official told The Hill, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to hit ...