Hurricane Rafael churned in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, moving away from Cuba after pummeling the country with flooding rain and knocking out its vulnerable electrical grid ...

The gulf serves as an important center of economic activity, including fishing, electricity generation, and shipping. Why does the gulf bear Mexico's name?

Hurricane Rafael is swirling over the Gulf of Mexico, where it’s expected to break apart after plowing through Cuba, knocking out its power grid and collapsing homes.

So who “owns” the Gulf? No country technically “owns” the Gulf, as it borders three separate countries, including the United States, Mexico and Cuba.

Cuba was reeling from a fierce major hurricane that ripped across the island and knocked out its power grid, after ravaging parts of the Cayman Islands and Jamaica.

Hurricane Rafael made landfall in Cuba Wednesday evening as a Category 3 hurricane before beginning to weaken as it moved toward the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. However, Cuba continues to be ...

Cuba has not indicated whether it will observe the changed name. The United Kingdom is one of several countries that has said it will continue referring to the waterway as the Gulf of Mexico.

The unilateral attempt to rename the gulf has provoked ridicule and anger in Mexico. By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Reporting from Mexico City President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico on Friday morning ...

The US has control over about 46% of the gulf, Mexico controls about 49% and Cuba controls about 5%, according to Sovereign Limits, a database of international boundaries.

Tropical Storm Gustav left 22 dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before it pulled away from the countries Wednesday, ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, but who actually owns the waterway that touches multiple countries?

Mexico has sued Google after it changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps platform to match President Donald Trump's order.