The Latest Breaking News from Indian Ocean

The population of the pelagic Indian Ocean red-tailed tropicbird, or silver bosun, has fallen sharply as individuals deal with predation by feral cats and a changing climate.

Sri Lanka's navy has rescued 104 Rohingya adrift off the Indian Ocean island's northern coast, an official said on Monday, as members of the Muslim minority continue to escape violence in Myanmar and hardship in Bangladesh refugee camps.

The crash has become one of the world's greatet aviation mysteries after the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 crashed int1o the Indian Ocean, killing the 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers on March 8, 2014

Where Is Sri Lanka? What Are Its DemographicsSri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, and it’s off the southeastern coast of the Indian subcontinent. In an area of about 25,000 square miles (slightly larger than West Virginia), its main sources of income from exports are textiles, ...

Gilles Diharce, a former French Air Force air traffic controller, has spoken of evidence which he claims proves the Malaysian Airlines Flight's disappearance was no accident

Local media reports say a court in the Indian Ocean island of Comoros sentenced former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi on Monday to life in prison for illegally selling off Comoros passports

It's nicknamed the intense island. Located 10,000 kilometres from the French mainland, in the Indian Ocean, Reunion Island contains a thousand treasures for the senses. Some 40 percent of the territory is a UNESCO World Heritage site. On the coast, whale song punctuates the missions of oceanographers. Meanwhile, on the…

The Indian Ocean Dipole is on the way out and the La Niña may be wrapping up early, but summer rainfall is still expected to be above average for much of eastern Australia.

In 2009 the archipelago of Mayotte, nestled in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the African coast, voted in a referendum to become France's newest overseas department. Many hoped the change would help the territory avoid the violence that plagued the nearby Comoros Islands, which opted for independence in the…

France has sent a team of special riot police to the the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte to stem a wave of violence between rival gangs. One person has been killed and several injured during 10 days of clashes.

One of France’s five overseas departments, Mayotte is the southernmost island of the Comoros Archipelago, located Indian ocean between Madagascar and the African mainland. The island is the centrepiece of a coral-reef structure that was created over hundreds of thousands of years through volcanic episodes, subsidence and sea-level shifts. Made…