Open-source, ship-tracking data showed China has recently sent three research vessels to the Indian Ocean to survey the strategic waters that border its competitor India. All three vessels were ...

A decade after the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, a new search effort may finally provide answers. A recent proposal by the underwater robotics company Ocean Infinity could see the ...

The Indian Ocean is the third largest body of water on Earth at more than 6,000 miles wide and covering 13% of the world's surface. It is home to 5,000 species of fish, many of which only exist in ...

At the site of Berenike, in the desert sands along the Red Sea, archaeologists are uncovering wondrous new finds that challenge old ideas about the makings of the modern world By Jo Marchant ...

Before installing a warning system, experts need to identify and map areas of risk. Much of this preliminary work has been done in the Indian Ocean ... anywhere in the world within minutes ...

A chunky low-pressure system, located 1,300 nautical miles SSW of Cape Leeuwin, has produced an impressive round of long-period swell. Over the past 24 hours, we’ve seen this system slightly ...

Glaze's division oversees all of the elements agency's Artemis program, including Starship, the Space Launch System rocket, ...

The deepest ever sighting of an octopus has been made by cameras on the Indian Ocean floor. The animal was spotted 7,000m down in the Java Trench - almost 2km deeper than the previous reliable ...

Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the ...

Britain on Thursday (3 October) said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but under what President Joe Biden called a "historic agreement" will keep a strategic Indian ...

A future treaty to that effect will end London's administration of what it currently calls the British Indian ... to Newsweek's map of American and Chinese bases around the world.