The stretch of water borders the coastline of several Middle East countries, including Iran, and is vital for the global oil ...

New Rabobank research shows the potential effect of losing this critical shipping channel to the global fertilizer market.

Iran's military placed naval mines aboard ships in the Persian Gulf, two US officials said, fuelling fears in Washington that ...

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

Asked for comment about Iran's preparations, a White House official said: "Thanks to the President’s brilliant execution of ...

The United States carried out a "very successful attack" on three nuclear sites in Iran, President Donald Trump said.

It could also fire missiles from its long Persian Gulf shore, as its allies ... Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and Bahrain, while major supplies of liquefied natural gas come from Qatar. At its narrowest point, ...

-Airlines were on fresh alert late on Monday after Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait closed their countries' airspace temporarily as Iran attacked the Al Udeid U.S. military base in Doha, the latest upheaval ...

The Middle East crisis continues to escalate and a decision to close the strait of Hormuz is a dangerous moment.

Arab governments, especially in the gulf, had once taken a hawkish line toward Iran but now worry U.S. strikes could upend regional stability and hurt business.

US currently maintains 19 facilities across the region, with at least 8 reported to be permanent, across Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq ...

It's now largely forgotten that in the early 1900s, nearly a third of the Arabian Peninsula was under British India.