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Iran confirmed on Saturday its Revolutionary Guards had seized a tanker in Gulf waters that was carrying a cargo of petrochemicals bound for Singapore over alleged violations, a day after a U.S. official and maritime security sources said Iranian forces had intercepted the Marshall Islands-flagged Talara. CBC | World News
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Donald Trump to rename Persian Gulf ‘Arabian Gulf’ in major slapdown for Iran
President Trump is set to announce the Persian Gulf’s name change while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Reporter banned from Oval Office event over editorial decision not to use ‘Gulf of America,’ AP says
The Associated Press on Tuesday said the White House barred its reporter from an event at the Oval Office because the news agency would not start using “Gulf of America” to describe the Gulf of Mexico. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Gulf of America’ shift won’t be the first time Google Maps has changed names depending on your location
Google Maps has a history of changing place names and world borders for different users in different locations, especially during geopolitical disputes. Geographers say those changes, including the one this week, remind the public of the political power place names can hold — even if they’re only temporary. CBC | World News
Read More »More than 1 million ordered to evacuate Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hurricane Milton grinds near
Hurricane Milton was expected to enlarge even as its intensity ebbed on Tuesday as the now-Category 4 storm grinded past Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula en route to Florida’s Gulf Coast, where more than one million people were ordered to evacuate before the monster storm arrived. CBC | World News
Read More »Francine becomes a hurricane in Gulf of Mexico, warnings in effect along Louisiana coast
Francine became a hurricane Tuesday evening as it barrelled toward south Louisiana, strengthening over extremely warm waters as those in possible harm’s way rushed to complete storm preparations, filling sandbags, buying gas and stocking up on necessities for an expected landfall in the coming day. CBC | World News
Read More »Incredible city with a ‘mini Venice’ that’s 2,575 miles away from Italy in Persian Gulf
Venice is one of the most peculiar cities in the world, so it is not surprising that several attempts have been made to replicate it. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Read More »Iran president warns of Persian Gulf region ‘on the edge of collapse’
Iran’s president warned world leaders Wednesday that security in the energy-rich Persian Gulf could collapse quickly with a “single blunder,” and he accused the United States of engaging in “merciless economic terrorism” against his country. CBC | World News
Read More »Weakened Nate brings flooding, power outages to U.S. Gulf Coast
Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly, sparing the region from the kind of catastrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes that hit the southern U.S. and Caribbean in recent weeks. CBC | World News
Read More »Gulf Coast braces for fast-moving tropical storm Nate
The U.S. Gulf Coast braces for a fast-moving blast of wind, heavy rain and rising water as deadly tropical storm Nate threatens to reach hurricane strength before a weekend landfall. CBC | World News
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