Chinese PLA-linked vessels map the Indian Ocean for submarine warfare. Beijing’s growing research activities in international waters are designed to expand undersea military operations, analysts say ...

Signs of a negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) in the coming months could bring heavy rainfall, severe thunderstorms and ...

Australia sits between the choke points of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. But the tilt of this map effectively makes the whole of Western Australia our frontline. The announcement that ...

Australia is suing a Chinese-linked company and a former associate over a breach of foreign investment laws linked with rare ...

Southern Australian states sizzle as Indian Ocean climate driver nears record strength. ... and is marked by cold water near Indonesia and warm water off the Horn of Africa as shown in the map below.

Australia's defence minister announced Monday the gifting of a naval patrol boat to the Maldives to "maintain regional security", during a visit to the strategically-located Indian Ocean archipelago.

As a country that straddles both the Indian and Pacific oceans, Australia has been an enthusiastic adopter of the Indo-Pacific construct. Australia has the largest Indian Ocean coastline, and so ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers (1,283 miles) southwest of ...

The Xiang Yang Hong 03 reached the Indian Ocean on July 11 after a brief stop in Malaysia. Damien Symon, an open-source intelligence expert, mapped the ship's movement in the region in a recent ...

An Australian island in the Indian Ocean is one of several sites tagged for billions of dollars of U.S.-funded construction and refurbishments aimed at deterring China. Naval Facilities ...

"The Indian Ocean is critical to China's strategic and economic interests, as well as its geopolitical rivalry with India," said Matthew Funaiole, a senior fellow at CSIS who worked on the report.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers ...