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San Diego-based warship USS Canberra arrives in Bahrain for mine countermeasures
The Navy says the San Diego-based littoral combat ship USS Canberra has arrived in Bahrain, where it is the first of four ...
China offers visa-free travel to 4 Gulf countries following landmark summit
Passport holders from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain will be allowed to stay for up to 30 days under year-long trial ...
Iran issues new threat against Google over Persian Gulf name
Iran is planning to take legal action against Google for labeling the Persian Gulf as the "Arabian Gulf" on its map ...
Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf
President Donald Trump is making plans for the United States to begin referring to the Persian Gulf as the Gulf of Arabia or ...
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A sea of controversy as Trump stirs old tensions over Persian Gulf name
Ahead of a May tour of the Middle East, US President Donald Trump revived a long-running dispute over the name of the body of ...
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Donald Trump’s Persian Gulf renaming appears to be on hold for now as the plan sparks outrage in Iran
The water body that lies between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula has been known internationally as the Persian Gulf for over 2 ...
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Jordan: Scoring Trump’s trip to the Persian Gulf
President Trump ended his trip to the Middle East Friday with a pocket full of deals and a lot of aspirations. But the ...
The folly of Trump’s gulf states AI chip deals
President Donald Trump’s tech deals with the Persian Gulf states are recasting where the future of artificial intelligence ...
Musk strikes Gulf deals during Trump’s Middle East visit, blurring lines between business and government
During Trump’s stop in Saudi Arabia, Musk revealed that his aerospace company, SpaceX, had secured approval to deliver ...