Starship performs subsonic belly flop into Indian Ocean
The fifth test flight of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft successfully ended Sunday with a controlled "subsonic belly flop" into ...
New Skate Species Discovered In The Madagascar Ridge
Researchers uncover new cartilaginous fish species on the Madagascar Ridge, stressing the urgency of conservation in these ...
The Hindu2d
The U.K. and ‘leaving lessons’ from the Indian Ocean
The Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean comprise seven atolls, with the northernmost atoll called Peros Banhos. Maldivians know the Chagos islands as Foalhavahi which are just 300 miles from Addu ...
The underrated Indian Ocean island that’s perfect for a dose of winter sun
The island of Rodrigues, nicknamed “Cinderella of the Mascarenes”, has always been slightly dismissed as Mauritius’ little ...
Surfline4d
Outlook: The Indian Ocean Is Having A Moment
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 ...
The Diplomat2d
Is There a Future for Central Asia’s Indian Ocean Transport Projects?
The viability of the projects depends on the region’s ability to navigate geopolitical tensions, security challenges, and ...
The Register on MSN3d
The .io domain isn't going anywhere anytime soon amid treaty
The .io country code top-level domain (ccTLD) will not disappear anytime soon, at least not within the next five years.
The Diplomat2d
America’s Achilles Heel in the Indo-Pacific
The Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf, once bastions of U.S. naval supremacy, are slowly transforming into the Achilles’ heel of ...
Chagos Islands: Where is the archipelago and can I visit the British Indian Ocean Territory?
THE Chagos Islands are an archipelago (group of islands) that have made headlines after the UK agreed to hand sovereignty over the islands to Mauritius.  One of the islands, Diego Garcia, is ...
Daily Maverick on MSN3d
The melancholy legacy of empire as the sun goes down on Britain’s last pink bits on the map
In 1924 Britain held sway over 400 million people in 58 countries across the globe, seven times larger than the Roman Empire ...
The African country of 3m that somebody’s worked out looks like an elephant on world maps
There are many countries around the world said to resemble animals from rabbits to rhinos, with one in Africa appearing to ...
LGBTQ Nation on MSN6d
We can’t let Israel’s leader divide the Middle East into “blessed” and “cursed” nations
The Prime Minister held a map of the Middle East with some countries rendered in green. These, his nations of “The Blessing,” ...