India supports Mauritius's claim, emphasizing regional stability. Upcoming high-level talks will shape the islands' future.

The Indian Ocean is an overlooked theater for nuclear escalation and conflict. Since the start of this year alone, Iran threatened to strike a US military base in the Chagos Archipelago, China ...

Sri Lankan port workers hold a Chinese national flag to welcome Chinese research ship Yuan Wang 5 as it arrives in Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022.

Editor’s Note: This is part of a short series examining maritime geography and strategic challenges in specific bodies of water, ranging from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Guinea and the South China ...

Last month in New Delhi, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Paparo, met with senior counterparts from Australia, India, and Japan. This informal group of four countries, known ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. I have spent much of my life studying predatory fishes in East Africa’s coastal waters, but never have I been more concerned about their future.

China has rapidly expanded its military footprint across the Indian Ocean, conducting exercises from the Red Sea to the Malacca Strait and deepening ties with key regional players—including some U.S.

India’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh flags off INS Sunayna, renamed as Indian Ocean Ship Sagar, from Karwar Naval Base, India, April 5, 2025. Credit: Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Defense An ...

Researchers now have a much better understanding of how climate change can impact and cause sea water temperatures on one side of the Indian Ocean to be so much warmer or cooler than the temperatures ...

HYDERABAD: The city-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, will launch t ...