The Indian Ocean holds the lowest gravity anomaly on Earth, a vast and subtle depression in the planet’s gravitational field ...

For decades, South Asia's security logic has been grounded on land: the Line of Control in Kashmir, disputed borders, and ...

Globally, the country is well-known as the 'Pearl of the Indian Ocean.' This name signifies the uniqueness present in the ...

How a tiny island nation built one of Africa’s most effective systems for fighting piracy—and what it means for the Indian ...

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (center) holds a fireside chat with Indian Minister for External Affairs Dr. S Jaishankar (right) at the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Perth, Australia, Feb.

Since 1880, sea level in the world's oceans has risen about nine inches. But one pocket of the Indian Ocean has puzzled scientists for the last 40 years. The Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal rose ...

For decades, Diego Garcia, in the Chagos Islands, has housed a military base jointly operated by the US and the UK. A recent ...

US concerns about the status of its base in the Chagos Archipelago is understandable in a region of huge strategic importance ...

The naming of the Indian Ocean has sparked debate for centuries, with Indonesia and Pakistan objecting to India's prominence in the name. Historical roots trace back to Roman geographers who called it ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said ...