Mysterious airstrip appears on Indian Ocean island in key shipping location - A mysterious airstrip being built on a remote ...

International power rivalry is playing out in the Indian Ocean region, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on ...

A must-visit is Aapravasi Ghat, a Unesco World Heritage site that served as an immigration depot during the 19th century. It ...

Officials are calling the decision to register rarely-contacted islanders for local elections a historic step. But rights ...

Britain’s government has confirmed that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands ...

The UK has confirmed it will not finalise a deal to transfer control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect ...

A mysterious airstrip being built on a remote island in Yemen is nearing completion, according to satellite photos analyzed ...

The French territory of Mayotte is on red alert again with another cyclone heading toward the islands off Africa that were ...

LONDON - Britain will give U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's new government the chance to review a deal with Mauritius over ...

By the time the oldest human dies, odds are there's a giant tortoise out there somewhere who'll live twice as long as they did. Hailing from the Indian Ocean and the Galapagos islands, giant tortoises ...

The UK and the U.S. also have a joint military base in the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. Chinese and Indian troops have pulled back from two face-off points after a deal was struck in ...