Iran has seized a foreign tanker accused of smuggling two million litres of fuel through the Gulf of Oman, a regional justice ...

Bahrain and the US have announced a trade deal worth $17 billion as the US continues to deepen ties with wealthy gulf states, ...

Calls have grown in Iran for the government to restrict Germany's cargo transport activity in the Persian Gulf after Berlin ...

Iran could still shut down the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial shipping corridor between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, ...

The Persian Gulf has been in the spotlight for its geopolitical significance for a long time. Spanning some 250,000 square kilometers, the Persian Gulf is bounded by the Arvand River in the north, ...

President Donald Trump will refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia in an upcoming announcement about his trip to the Middle East next week, two officials claim. Trump ...

The Persian Gulf crisis has not ignited a major price spike, thanks to growing oil production in the U.S. and a slowing in overall demand. By Stanley Reed So far, this isn’t your typical oil ...

Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane handling 20% of global petroleum demand, in response to ...

A plan by Oman is being closely watched by other governments in the region that are preparing for a future beyond oil.

China's energy imports are vulnerable as Iran's conflict with Israel threatens to drag the United States into a war.

The US military is sending forces to the Persian Gulf in response to Iran's seizure of oil tankers. The deployments have been compared to a US operation in 1987-1988 to defend tankers from Iranian ...

Veiled beneath the Persian Gulf, a once-fertile landmass may have supported some of the earliest humans outside Africa some 75,000 to 100,000 years ago, a new review of research suggests.