The island is named Diego Garcia, the biggest little island in the Indian Ocean's isolated Chagos Archipelago. Never heard of ...

A special envoy to the Caspian Sea region would help counter China, Russia, and Iran—and end the impression that Washington ...

The US Board on Geographic Names, which is responsible for approving official geographic names, has been directed to update the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) accordingly.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem Professor Emeritus Ruth Kark was named the 2025 Israel Prize laureate in the fi ...

The U.S. has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The question, though, is whether this is important ...

The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for U.S.-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America.

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

TEHRAN—The Department of Environment (DOE) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have extended their partnership by signing a three-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to conserve ...

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 ...

This principle is exemplified by the importance of the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon. Israel cannot allow its enemies to ...

It was referring to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Advertisment "When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the US quickly to show ... there is a body of water known as a gulf ...