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 from the UK and Mauritius had reportedly been hurrying to finalise the deal before US President-elect Donald Trump ...

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

A proverb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This is borne out in science, where a ...

Turbocharged monsoon floods are intensifying the spread of waterborne diseases in the Indian Ocean island nation.

The French territory of Mayotte issued a red alert and people were ordered to stay in their homes or find a solid shelter, ...

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered huge ... Thailand and nine other nations around the Indian Ocean basin. Here is a look back at the impact ...

US President-elect Donald Trump will be consulted on the UK's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands, where there is a joint US-UK military base, to Mauritius. The UK announced in October it would cede ...

The small island nation of the Seychelles off the east coast of Africa has become the unlikely setting of a great power rivalry. China has been making diplomatic inroads for years, while the U.S. has ...

The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the ...