The Indian Ocean is rich in resources, with 35% gas wealth, almost 40% gold, 60% uranium and two-thirds of world petroleum ...

Bu Musa, IRNA - The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) has inaugurated an office on the strategic Bu Musa Island in southern ...

HONG KONG--Every day, nearly 60 fully loaded very large crude-oil carriers sail between the Persian Gulf and Chinese ... But when crossing the Indian Ocean, joined by others headed to China ...

The refurbished building of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) in the southern province of Hormozgan has officially ...

The Taiwan Relations Act became law in Washington during his term as President. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An around-the-world cruise is often thought of as the pinnacle of a sailing vacation. Some cruisers treat these multi-month ...

(The sub-zero ocean dip on Boxing Day always seems like such a good idea ... At a fashion show in London, Indian filmmaker Kaizad Gustad cast her in Boom (2003), a critical and commercial failure.

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PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...

Major oil exporters in the Persian Gulf region are keenly focused on who has control of a small archipelago in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. Both Iran and the United Arab Emirates have made ...

Indian community in Qatar paid tributes to the former prime minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh who passed away on December 26. Indian ambassador Vipul attended the event held at Indian Cultural ...