The Latest Breaking News from the Indian Ocean

The incident took place in the early hours of the morning and rescue efforts are under way.

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.

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

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has travelled to Reunion Island to “understand” and address the “daily preoccupations” of residents living in the Indian Ocean overseas department.

A court has halted the clearing of a slum in France's department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, blocking efforts by the government to improve security. Police have clashed with local youth, leading security forces to describe a "climate of insurrection".

Eleven Indonesian fishermen were rescued by Australian authorities after surviving six days without food or water on a tiny desert island in the Indian Ocean.

Australian authorities said on Wednesday they had rescued 11 Indonesian fishermen from a desert island in the Indian Ocean after their vessel shipwrecked during a powerful cyclone, stranding them there for six days without food and water.

Cyclone Isla is sweeping across the Indian Ocean with wind speeds of almost 200 mph and is expected to continue its destructive level as it hits Australia's west coast

A tropical low over the Indian Ocean is expected to develop into an intense cyclone before it makes landfall in Western Australia.

The Pemba live along the Indian Ocean, on the Kenyan coast. They arrived in the 1930s and have since been stateless – living without title deeds, social security, access to studies or fishing permits. But this is changing, as the Kenyan government has now officially recognised this community of several…

2023 DZ2 is estimated at between 40 metres and 90 metres in size, and will pass above the Indian Ocean at around 17,500mph