The Latest Breaking News from Indian Ocean

Outcome of Saturday’s presidential election could be key to India and China’s battle for influence in the Indian Ocean.

Months into a severe drought, authorities in the French overseas department of Mayotte have ordered taps shut off two days out of three. The island archipelago in the Indian Ocean is experiencing its worst dry spell in nearly 30 years.

Study finds El Nino's effect on India's monsoon varies regionally: ENSO linked to 70% of North India's rainfall fluctuations, 10% in Central India, and stable in South India. Climate change impacts Indian Ocean temperatures, influencing monsoon trough and depressions, making Central India less predictable. Monitoring other factors, like Indian Ocean…

An Indian Navy Dornier maritime patrol aircraft and an IAF C-130 transport aircraft visited Australia’s Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CKI) in the Southern Indian Ocean, close to Indonesia in early July, sources said

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting his Sri Lankan counterpart in the first visit by a French leader to the Indian Ocean island nation

Whether an Indian Ocean holiday in Mauritius or an escape to the Lake District takes your fancy, here’s some inspiration for after the school summer break

A new study postulates there was an ancient ocean that no longer exists, given the planet's imperfect sphere shape

Researchers in India used computer simulations to show how the geoid low in the Indian Ocean could have formed up to 140 million years ago from magma plumes.

Scientists have puzzled over the origins of a gravity hole in the Indian Ocean for years. Now, researchers think the sunken floor of an extinct ocean could be the cause.