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Biparjoy longest duration cyclone since 1977: IMD

Cyclone Biparjoy, which wreaked havoc in Gujarat earlier this month, was the longest-duration cyclonic storm in the northern Indian Ocean since 1977, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The Hindu

Uproar as leaked documents reveal Madagascar's president is French

Revelations that Madagascar’s President, Andry Rajoelina, holds dual French nationality have caused a stir in the Indian Ocean island, where the law says anyone who acquires citizenship of a foreign country automatically loses their Malagasy nationality.

Radio France Internationale

IAF, Army carry out joint exercise in central sector

The exercise follows the IAF’s two strategic missions over the Indian Ocean region that involved Rafale and Su-30MKI jets.

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US company signs agreement to enter retail fuel market in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

A U.S. petroleum company has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka allowing it to import and sell fuel in the country as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with an economic and energy crisis

The Independent UK

‘Climate change poses biggest threat to security in Indian Ocean’

The Indian Ocean Trade Council organised a climate change conference here in Chennai

The Hindu

US reopens embassy in Seychelles after 27-year absence

The United States has reopened its embassy in the Seychelles after a 27-year absence during which China and other U.S. rivals made significant inroads in the Indian Ocean islands

The Independent UK

Backsliding on maternal mortality

In 2020, an estimated 287,000 women died in pregnancy, childbirth, or soon after delivering, according to the latest data from the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group, which includes the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). This figure is roughly equivalent to the death toll of the 2004 Indian Ocean…

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'Maldives of Turkey' has private beaches and overwater cabanas without hefty price tag

Lujo Hotel A’La Carte in Bodrum, Turkey has many of the beautiful features that makes the Maldives in the Indian Ocean such a big draw to holidaymakers around the world

Daily Mirror

Rafale jets carry out long-range mission in Indian Ocean Region

The Rafale jets are India’s first major acquisition of fighter planes in 23 year after the Sukhoi jets were imported from Russia. Read More on The Hindu

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Seven bodies recovered after Chinese vessel capsized in Indian Ocean

Seven bodies were recovered from a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized in the central Indian Ocean, according to state media on Monday, days after China President Xi Jinping ordered an all-out search to rescue and recover missing crew members.

Reuters

French authorities begin demolition of vast Mayotte shantytown

Authorities on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte have begun demolishing homes in a large slum in an operation to tackle illegal migration, delinquancy and poor housing.

Radio France Internationale

No sign of survivors as Chinese fishing boat found

The Indian navy has found no survivors from a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized in the Indian Ocean with 39 crew members onboard.

The New Daily

Ferry link resumes between Mayotte and Comoros amid migration row

A maritime link between the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte and the Comoros resumed on Wednesday after a weeks-long suspension following unrest sparked by a migration row.

Radio France Internationale

Chinese envoy asks Australia to increase search for 39 aboard capsized fishing boat in Indian Ocean

A Chinese envoy has asked Australian authorities to increase efforts to find survivors of a capsizing in the Indian Ocean

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Couple stumble across 'UK's answer to the Maldives' so hidden it's not on Google Maps

Sam and Chris Hoar, who travel the world together, find a beach on the Isle of Harris in Scotland that their compared to the golden sands and blue waters of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean

Bangkok Post

39 missing from Chinese ship in Indian Ocean

 BEIJING: A crew of 39 Chinese, Indonesian and Filipino sailors were missing at sea after a Chinese fishing vessel capsized in the Indian Ocean, officials said on Wednesday.

Dynamite News

Chinese fishing vessel capsizes in Indian Ocean, 39 onboard missing

A Chinese fishing vessel capsized in the central part of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday and all 39 people on board are missing, CGTN reported.

LiveScience

Super salty water leaking from the Indian Ocean may have helped end the last ice age

A huge drop in sea levels trapped extremely salty water in the Indian Ocean, which then gushed into the Atlantic when currents changed 15,000 years ago.

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The Independent UK

10 best luxury holiday destinations around the world for 2024

From Lake Como to the Seychelles, here’s our pick of the world’s most decadent destinations

The Independent UK

Representatives from 25 Indian Ocean nations discuss security, economic growth and cooperation

Representatives from 25 Indian Ocean nations are discussing regional economic growth, cooperation and security at the Indian Ocean Conference in Bangladesh as the Indo-Pacific grows in importance amid changes in the world order

Reuters

Sri Lanka's creditor nations to meet despite uncertainty on China

As Sri Lanka's creditor nations prepare for their first meeting on Tuesday to co-ordinate restructuring of the Indian Ocean nation's debt, the focus is turning to whether China will attend.

The Independent UK

Toll rises from 103 to 110 in Kenya cult starvation deaths

Kenyan officials say the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area on the country’s Indian Ocean coast has risen to from 103 to 110

The Independent UK

Another Kenyan pastor arrested over deaths of followers

Police in Kenya have arrested another popular pastor and closed his church on the Indian Ocean coast as the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area rose to 103

Radio France Internationale

Authorities on Mayotte demolish slum, continue plan to deport Comorians

French authorities on Thursday razed an informal settlement on the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte after overnight unrest sparked by government plans to clear slums and send illegal migrants back to the neighbouring Comoros.

Radio France Internationale

Why are people being driven from the postcard paradise of the Comoros?

A French court has halted the controversial clearance of a slum, and the expulsion of migrants from the French Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte. The expulsion plan has provoked clashes between locals and security forces, and sparked tensions with neighbouring Comoros, where boatloads of returned migrants are being refused…

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