A backup of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf is disrupting supplies, and will only get worse the longer the Strait of Hormuz is closed.

The third Gulf War began with an assassination on February 28, 2026, in broad daylight in central Iran. The war has engulfed ...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) has released a new video of what appears to be an Iranian ship getting struck by American ...

As the Iran war widens, experts say the Middle East's real strategic weak point may be water — not oil.

Israel sent troops into Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widened, and some of Iran's Gulf neighbors warned that Iran ...

President Trump said the government agency will provide political risk insurance to "all shipping lines" operating in the Persian Gulf.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf region use the fossil fuels under their desert lands not only to make money, but also to make drinking water. The ...

From the moment the first Iranian missiles appeared in the sky over the Persian Gulf this past weekend, the target countries’ ...

What would have been unthinkable a week ago is now being heavily considered by Gulf states as they are stunned by Iranian aggression.

Gulf states have become increasingly prominent in the squabbles, civil wars and inter-country tensions in the Horn of Africa over the past decade. The countries in this region include Sudan, Ethiopia, ...

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