The Republican president has lavished attention on the Persian Gulf, a wealthy region where members of his family have extensive business relationships. He has already visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and ...

Flight data map shows the aircraft's mission near Iran just weeks after Israeli and U.S. attacks on its nuclear program ...

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

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, ...

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

The departure of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson from the Middle East comes alongside a reduction in Navy forces in the ...

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.

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.