For years, as disputes over names on the map riled up nationalist passions in several parts of the world, US policymakers have watched warily, trying to stay out or to quietly encourage peace.

The Iranian military seems to be sending a message to Donald Trump by revealing a new naval base ahead of his inauguration.

Geopolitics abhors a power vacuum. One country’s loss is another’s gain, and the space left by Iran is being occupied, for ...

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Oman— are increasingly backing Russia in its geopolitical and economic ...

While major ruptures are not expected, Gulf states are urging a tougher stance on Israel and a softening toward Iran, ...

Iran is reeling from a cratering economy and stinging military setbacks across its sphere of influence in the Middle East ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.” ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President-elect Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name ...

President-elect Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Tuesday, said he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America.” His comment came as he claimed Mexico is taking advantage of the U.S.

Is there a precedent for officially renaming a gulf? In 2020, the Foreign Names Committee within the BGN weighed in whether to rename the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf — a fraught debate ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Wednesday seized on President-elect Donald Trump’s newly revealed wish to rename the Gulf of Mexico after America, arguing that the United States pays to ...