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

China's expanding presence in the Indian Ocean could help it secure critical energy transit routes and protect its sea lines of communication, while deepening strategic ties with Africa, Europe ...

"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.

Palestine to Africa: How maps lie — and some tell the truth. Conflicts in Palestine, Ukraine, the Indian Ocean and other areas also spill over into the realm of cartography.

This isn’t just another crack in the earth. It has the power to change global maps, reshape political borders, and give rise to Earth’s sixth ocean.What may seem like a localized rift is, in ...

Biden described a planned railway stretching from the Pacific to the Indian Oceans. Biden was referring to the Lobito Atlantic Railway Corridor, which involves the Indian and Atlantic oceans ...

What's happening in Northern Africa to make a new ocean? Scientists aren't certain a new ocean will form, but they say the geologic implications of the plates pulling apart indicate it's likely.

Macron is due to attend Thursday a summit of the Indian Ocean Commission in Madagascar, a bloc made up of Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Seychelles and Reunion — which is a territory of France.

The Indian Ocean season thus far has completed two successful iterations dedicated to Africa's Indian Ocean rim with themes on "Reimagining Mobilities/Immobilities in the Indian Ocean", which took ...

LAMU, Kenya—Al Qaeda militants are disrupting one of Africa’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, forestalling Kenya’s plans for establishing a new regional trade hub on the Indian Ocean ...

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 ...