The extreme humidity levels are tied to bathtub-like water temperatures in the Persian Gulf, the warmest in the world.

Iran test-fired an anti-warship cruise missile with a range of 1,000km (600 miles) capable of reaching US Navy ships in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman, state television reported on Saturday.

Japan’s diplomatic documents worked out three decades ago during the Persian Gulf crisis, triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in the year after the Cold War ended, were recently ...

This past March, China, Russia, and Iran held joint naval drills in the Gulf of Oman, near the mouth of the Persian Gulf. Top Saudi and Iranian diplomats also met in China for the first time in ...