Chinese PLA-linked vessels map the Indian Ocean for submarine warfare. Beijing’s growing research activities in international waters are designed to expand undersea military operations, analysts say ...

China has long been accused of using its research vessels for reconnaissance mission. Despite India's concern, China ...

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 ...

Listen to this article The 5 April 2025 trilateral agreement between India, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates to develop an energy hub in Trincomalee represents a strategic recalibration in the ...

Twenty years ago, a tsunami devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Margarettha Siregar, who helped respond to the disaster in Indonesia.

The Indian Ocean's laid-back 'paradise on Earth' 29 April 2025. Share Save. Ellie Cobb. Share Save. Tourism Western Australia. Famous for its adorable quokkas, Rottnest Island has become a global ...

Photos released by the U.S. Navy show that the destroyers USS Milius and USS Ralph Johnson, both assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15, were operating in the Indian Ocean as of last week. The Indian ...

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people across 12 countries.

This ISRO map shows the final resting place of the POEM-4 experiment module on April 4, 2025 after it fell to Earth and crashed into the Indian Ocean north of Australia. (Image credit: ISRO) ...

In the latest show of force against Iran and Yemen's Houthi rebels, the United States has deployed at least six nuclear-capable B-2 bombers to a base in the Indian Ocean within striking distance ...

"The Indian Ocean is critical to China's strategic and economic interests, as well as its geopolitical rivalry with India," said Matthew Funaiole, a senior fellow at CSIS who worked on the report.

Open-source, ship-tracking data showed China has recently sent three research vessels to the Indian Ocean to survey the strategic waters that border its competitor India. The movements of the ...