Construction of the remarkable Canal Du Midi took a staggering 14 years to complete, and required around 12,000 workers. Now, it's a popular tourist hotspot.

Commissioned by King Louis XIV and completed in 1681, the Canal du Midi was designed to bolster France's trade routes by providing a faster and safer alternative to the treacherous sea voyage ...

The canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese threat to U.S. security. By Alexandra Stevenson and Keith Bradsher ...

President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance investments and demand. By Peter Eavis The cost of using the Panama Canal ...

PANAMA CITY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal Authority said in a statement late on Wednesday that it had not made any changes to charges or rights to cross the canal, after the U.S. State ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...

WASHINGTON/PANAMA CITY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal Authority on Wednesday denied the U.S. State Department's claim that U.S. government vessels would be able to cross the canal without ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a warning about the Panama Canal, saying the current status of the trade route is “unacceptable.” According to a summary of Rubio’s meeting with Panama ...

Security officers attend a ceremony Dec. 31 in Panama City to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the United States' ceding control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999. (Aris Martinez/Reuters ...

Russia warned President Trump on Tuesday against seizing the Panama Canal, after he reiterated his intent to take control of the strategic waterway in his second inaugural address Monday.