The Latest Breaking News from Indian Ocean

More than a decade after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people on board, Malaysia has approved a new deep-sea search led by Ocean Infinity, restarting on 30 December 2025. Here are the key facts on what is known, what has been found and why the mystery still is…

Oil rig worker Mike McKay claims he saw MH370 ablaze on 8 March 2014, holding clues to exact location amid Ocean Infinity's £45.6m Indian Ocean revival.

Madagascar’s military has seized power from the civilian government, a high-ranking commander announced after President Andry Rajoelina fled the sprawling Indian Ocean island country for his safety

Andry Rajoelina alleges attempts to assassinate him and carry out a coup

Protesters in Madagascar gathered for new demonstrations Tuesday, a day after President Andry Rajoelina sacked his government in a bid to quell days of unrest that has left 22 people dead, according to the UN. Inspired by "Gen Z" protests in Indonesia and Nepal, the youth-led movement has taken aim…

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has sacked his government following unrest which the United Nations said has left at least 22 people dead. Thousands have taken to the streets of the Indian Ocean nation in recent days to protest against repeated water and electricity outages.

The United Nations’ human rights office says that violence surrounding youth-led anti-government protests in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar over the past several days has killed at least 22 people

The British House of Commons this week adopted a bill on the handing back of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The decision has been welcomed by the descendants of those who were expelled from the Indian Ocean territory more than 50 years ago to make way for a military base.

All sea turtle species are threatened worldwide. They migrate long distances in the oceans – often thousands of kilometres – and so fall under multiple countries’ laws and conservation targets. They also have a complex life cycle with changes in habitats and diet at different life stages. These things make…

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has proposed an economic zone linking the Indian Ocean to Africa

Middle and high schools in Mayotte will reopen next week, eight months after cyclone Chido killed at least 50 people and wrecked classrooms across the French overseas department. Education Minister Elisabeth Borne, visiting the Indian Ocean archipelago, promised lessons would resume "in the same conditions as before the cyclone."