There is little social or cultural mixing because the resorts are on their own islands (one resort per ... "Mauritius is in danger of continued environmental degradation unless the government ...

Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is a paradise of lush vegetation and white-sand beaches, surrounded by ...

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has warned communities to prepare for more severe fire danger ... in the east of the Indian Ocean, islands on the west side of Indonesia are going to see ...

After years of negotiations, the UK is giving up its sovereignty over a cluster of strategically important Indian Ocean ...

However, some of the world's islands pose real dangers and require ... In addition, Indian laws prohibit travel to the island to protect the tribe. Keimada Grande or Snake is an island in the Atlantic ...

Under a deal with Mauritius, after what are said to be years of negotiations, the UK will hand over the Chagos Islands to that country in what has been described as a historic move. The archipelago ...

The threat posed by rising sea levels has been the centrepiece of climate change negotiations, the main issue emphasized by Small Island Developing ... caused by the Indian Ocean earthquake ...

British officials announced the Chagos Islands would be ceded to Mauritius, in exchange for retaining a joint US-UK military ...

trip across a treacherous stretch of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the French island of Mayotte. He was desperate and he had made the risky crossing twice before. He needed to return to ...

In the late 1960s, while the world preoccupied itself with rock-'n'-roll and flower power and moon landings, a small bird far out in the Indian Ocean came ... on a single island in the Seychelles ...

CIA Director William Burns says Israel and Iran are not looking for “all-out conflict,” but the danger of regional escalation ...

Indonesia is richly endowed with nickel, but refining this crucial mineral poses a daunting environmental challenge Dust and smoke rise from the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park's nickel-mining ...