US President Donald Trump is planning to announce, on his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia, that the United States will henceforth officially use the term “Arabian Gulf” or “Gulf of Arabia” instead of “Persian Gulf.” The two US officials spoke with The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter. Neither…
A massive explosion at a port in southern Iran on Saturday killed at least five people and injured more than 700, according to state media. The exact cause of the blast at the Shahid Rajaee port in the city of Bandar Abbas was not immediately clear, but the Iranian authorities did not suggest it was…
Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since his rebel coalition ousted longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad. Mr. al-Shara landed in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, early on Sunday afternoon. He is expected to stay in Saudi Arabia for two days and meet with the oil-rich…