The Xiang Yang Hong 03 reached the Indian Ocean on July 11 after a brief stop in Malaysia. Damien Symon, an open-source intelligence expert, mapped the ship's movement in the region in a recent ...

Check out the incredible views of the Indian Ocean islands of Kedah (Malaysia), Phi Phi (Thailand), Maafusi (Maldives), and the Seychelles, as seen from above, captured by the elite drone pilots ...

China’s growing deployment of survey vessels in the Indian Ocean underscores a reality only recently acknowledged in the ...

In Brief The April 2025 trilateral agreement between India, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates to develop Trincomalee's energy hub represents a strategic counterweight to China's expanding Indian ...

The coils of black hose, drum skimmers designed to collect oil from the ocean's surface, and orangey-red containment booms all looked out of place on the white sand of Mombasa's touristy Nyali ...

Map showing China's presence in the Indian Ocean republished with permission from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. International Institute for Strategic Studies What To Know IISS ...

The report also delves into China’s foreign investment in the Southwest Indian Ocean region as part of its Belt and Road Initiative, which has resulted in the building of roads, public buildings ...

According to data collected in a 2023 study, the Indian Ocean is the second-largest tuna-producing region globally, landing about 920,000 metric tons annually, or 21% of the world’s tuna supply ...

The U.S. Coast Guard may forge strategic partnerships with the coastal African nations from Djibouti to Mozambique and with Indian Ocean islands nations, including Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles ...

All three vessels were underway in the Eastern Indian Ocean this week, potentially adding to India's already uneasy relationship with China. The two nuclear-armed countries have had multiple armed ...