An Iranian naval flotilla, including vessels from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Army, docked in the UAE’s Sharjah port as part of military and security engagements with Persian ...

Google says it will rename the Gulf of Mexico on its U.S. maps, and Mexico is pushing back. This wouldn't be the first body ...

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Google says it will display the names 'Gulf of America' and 'Mount McKinley' to the US users of its Google Maps service— if and when US President Donald Trump's pledge to rename the locations becomes ...

Google's order states that the Gulf of America title change should be treated similar to the Persian Gulf, which in Arab ...

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted a series of naval exercises titled “Great Prophet 19” in the Persian ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The body of water that separates Iran from Saudi Arabia has long been a source of tension. Iran wants it called the “Persian Gulf," while Saudi Arabia prefers “Arabian Gulf." The US Navy uses the term ...

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 ...

For example, Iran says Persian Gulf while Iraq says Arabian Gulf. Japan and South Korea have been in a long running dispute over the name of the waters between them. Tokyo calls it the Sea of Japan.