Donald Trump says the U.S. needs control of Greenland and the Panama Canal "for national security." Here's why both places ...

The Panama Canal has long been one of the most important routes for global shipping. It’s a narrow passageway that connects ...

As United States President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday, he repeated his wishes to acquire the Panama Canal and rename the Gulf of Mexico in his inaugural speech. Trump has ...

The new US president has vowed to ‘take back’ the waterway, but there’s much more to this modern wonder than meets the eye ...

One issue gaining interest concerns the Panama Canal, which has operated since its opening in 1914. France was an original sponsor in constructing a canal. A canal could pay immense dividends for ...

More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 ...

Trump has suggested using military force to retake the Panama Canal, but such an action would involve complications.

In 1914, the SS Ancon became the first ship to ever transit from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal. The artificial canal, around 50 miles long, is one of the largest ...

In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?

The American president believes that control of the Panama Canal belongs to the United States, which completed the canal's ...

Greenland was strategic for control of the Atlantic Ocean in the second World War ... the gap into the Atlantic for the same purpose. Panama was and is strategic for the United States to move ...