Ocean freight rates for vessels operating in the Mideast are soaring as risks rise around the Strait of Hormuz and Iran ...

The naming of the Indian Ocean has sparked debate for centuries, with Indonesia and Pakistan objecting to India's prominence ...

The Germans made the Indian Ocean the center of U-boat activity in 1943 after their defeat in the north Atlantic. The Eastern Fleet struggled to respond, with much painful re-inventing of the ...

In October 2023, another research vessel, Shiyan 06, conducted a four-month mission in the eastern Indian Ocean. The vessel was operated by the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, ...

FILE - A worker installs names of the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on the wall of the Tsunami Museum ahead of the 10th anniversary of the killer waves in Banda Aceh, Aceh province ...

The Indian Ocean serves as a route between Europe and Asia via waterways like the Suez Canal and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to the west and the Strait of Malacca to the east. To the northwest is the ...

A Malta-flagged, Bulgarian-owned bulk carrier was reportedly boarded on Thursday after being involved in an incident in the eastern Indian Ocean off Y Sunday, June 22, 2025 🔍 ...

In the Eastern Mediterranean, the UK carved out a base on Cyprus.And in the Indian Ocean, it pressured Mauritius, a former British colony, to sell the Chagos Islands for just £3m.

Strong to severe marine heat waves are occurring in the Atlantic, much of the Pacific, the western and eastern Indian Ocean, and in the Mediterranean Sea. In October, ...

People attend a prayer at the Siron mass grave, one of the two major mass burial sites where victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were laid to rest, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 26, 2024.

The second new species was found in the same fracture in the Indian Ocean at a depth of 22,669 feet, researchers said. The black pearl sea cucumber is deep purple in color with thick skin ...