A leading Middle East-based contractor has won a prized transportation and installation (T&I) contract from Japan’s Abu Dhabi ...

Saudi Arabia raised crude output far above its OPEC+ quota last month, joining other producers in a rush to export oil out of ...

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

The Iranian military loaded naval mines onto vessels in the Persian Gulf last month, a move that intensified concerns in ...

Since the 1960s, Arab nations have lobbied for the body of water — widely known as the Persian Gulf since the 16th century — to be renamed. Iran, which was known as Persia until 1935, ...

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

The turquoise blue water has been called the Persian Gulf since at least 550 B.C., when the Persian dynasty of Cyrus the Great ruled an empire that spanned from India to the edges of western Europe.

Temperatures at the Persian Gulf International Airport in Asaluyeh, Iran, climbed to 108 (42 C) on Wednesday and 106 (41 C) on Thursday, with both days recording a peak heat index of 149 (65 C).

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.