Recent News Headlines : Indian Ocean - Papua New Guinea

MALDIVES PRESIDENT LIFTS 45-DAY STATE OF EMERGENCY


In a Twitter post, he said Yameen has overrun the judiciary and legislature, arrested hundreds unlawfully and introduced a new normal in the Maldives... READ MORE

22nd March, 2018 377

INDIA'S SEYCHELLES MILITARY BASE PLAN HITS CHOPPY WATERS


India has traditionally had a very robust, empathetic relationship with the Indian Ocean island states... READ MORE

21st March, 2018 988

AFRICA'S ONLY WOMAN HEAD OF STATE 'TO QUIT'


Africa's only female head of state, Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, has resigned and will leave office on Friday, her lawyer says... READ MORE

18th March, 2018 310

OLDEST MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE FOUND ON REMOTE AUSTRALIAN BEACH


The rectangular bottle was discovered half-buried in sand dunes near Wedge Island, some 100 miles 160 kilometers north of Perth, in January... READ MORE

8th March, 2018 0

THE WORLD'S OLDEST MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE SURVIVED 132 YEARS. NOW IT'S BEEN FOUND.


Before there were computers and GPS beacons to track the ocean's whims, there were slips of paper and bottles... READ MORE

7th March, 2018 248

BEACHGOERS FIND WORLD'S OLDEST MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE


It just looked like a lovely old bottle, so I picked it up thinking it might look good in my bookcase, Tonya Illman told Australia's ABC... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 909

OLDEST MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE FOUND ON WESTERN AUSTRALIA BEACH


Tonya Illman picked up the bottle while going for a walk around sand dunes on a remote beach in West Australia... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 14633

LARGE NAVAL DRILL POINTS TO MORE STRAIN IN INDIA-CHINA TIES


The biennial, eight-day exercise codenamed 'Milan' is being organized on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean from March 6... READ MORE

4th March, 2018 1470

MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370, 4 YEARS ON: SEARCH TO END IN JUNE


The plane vanished March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board... READ MORE

3rd March, 2018 1060

SOUTH AFRICA TO INVESTIGATE WATER MINISTRY AMID SEVERE DROUGHT


A spokesman for the DWS said the ministry would cooperate with the inquiry... READ MORE

2nd March, 2018 0

MALDIVES OPPOSITION MEMBERS ARRESTED AFTER TOP COURT VALIDATES EMERGENCY RULE


Maldives police arrested at least four opposition members under state of emergency laws for protesting against President Abdulla Yameen's government, the opposition said on Tuesday... READ MORE

27th February, 2018 18

MALDIVES EXPLAINED: WHY IS THIS HONEYMOON DESTINATION IN DISARRAY?


How did the Maldives, an archipelago made up of more than 1,000 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, unravel?... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 706

CORAL REEFS AT RISK OF DISSOLVING AS OCEANS GET MORE ACIDIC


OSLO - Coral reefs could start to dissolve before 2100 as man-made climate change drives acidification of the oceans, scientists said Thursday... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 31

NEW MAPS SHOW THE UTTERLY MASSIVE IMPRINT OF FISHING ON THE WORLD'S OCEANS


Global Fishing Watch allows users to access that information to track specific vessels over time... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 233

DONALD TRUMP AND MALCOLM TURNBULL NEED TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING THIS WEEK


Twitter Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Turnbull arrives in Washington at a time of tectonic shift in American thinking on China... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 147

MH370 CONSPIRACY THEORY INVOLVES SEABED CONSTRUCTOR AND CHEST FROM SHIPWRECK


The AIS was turned on only after the Seabed Constructor was apparently on its way to Fremantle in WA... READ MORE

19th February, 2018 1529

WE DO NOT WANT ANY TROUBLE BETWEEN INDIA & CHINA, SAYS FORMER MALDIVES PRESIDENT NASHEED


It shouldn't work like that, and hope that people in the Indian Ocean understand that this is not the way forward, he added... READ MORE

18th February, 2018 121

ARCTIC SEA ROUTES COULD EASE MALACCA STRAIT SECURITY ISSUE


The Northern Sea Route runs along the Russian Arctic coast from the Kara Sea, along Siberia, to the Bering Sea... READ MORE

11th February, 2018 254

CHINA DENOUNCES MALDIVES' FORMER PRESIDENT'S "LAND GRAB" CLAIMS


The friendly cooperation between China and the Maldives is for the benefit of all Maldivians... READ MORE

10th February, 2018 0

STRAWBERRY TYCOON AMONG PUTIN CHALLENGERS


It suggests that Mr Grudinin is a red capitalist like some other Russian Communist politicians... READ MORE

8th February, 2018 95

MALDIVES PRESIDENT BACK IN CONTROL AS COURT REVERSES RULING


Was the only senior opposition figure still at liberty in the Maldives before his arrest on Monday... READ MORE

7th February, 2018 0

RELAX. SHARK BITES WORLDWIDE IN 2017 WERE 'AVERAGE,' SCIENTISTS SAY


French said blacktip sharks, spinner sharks and other coastal sharks have similar bites so species are harder to confirm... READ MORE

7th February, 2018 500

MALDIVES TOP COURT ANNULS ORDER TO FREE JAILED POLITICIANS AS PRESIDENT HITS 'COUP' AND FOES URGE INDIA INTERVENTION


He lost the 2013 election to Yameen, then was convicted under Maldives' anti-terrorism laws in a trial widely criticized by international rights groups... READ MORE

7th February, 2018 1

MALDIVES OPPOSITION CALLS FOR INDIAN INTERVENTION AS PRESIDENT IMPOSES


Yameen's office released a statement saying his government welcomed the Supreme Court's revision ... READ MORE

6th February, 2018 288

MALDIVES TOP COURT REVERSES DISSIDENTS' RELEASE


Political crisis takes new turn as top court reverses ruling ordering release of President Abdulla Yameen's opponents... READ MORE

6th February, 2018 641

NASHEED URGES INDIA TO INTERVENE TO END MALDIVES CRISIS


The former president also asked the United States to impose targeted economic sanctions on Yameen and his associates... READ MORE

6th February, 2018 1734

OIL TANKER WITH 22 INDIAN CREWMEN MISSING OFF BENIN


The International Maritime Bureau said the Benin navy was searching for the Marine Express, which is carrying 13,500 tonnes of gasoline... READ MORE

4th February, 2018 447

MALDIVES CRISIS: PRESIDENT GAYOOM SAYS HE'S WILLING TO HOLD EARLY ELECTION


Published February 4, 2018 8 28 am UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asked the Maldivian government to respect the Supreme Court's order, joining a similar appeal by the United States... READ MORE

4th February, 2018 18

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY FRIGATE SEIZES 414 KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN


Royal Australian Navy officers deployed to the Middle East have seized 414 kilograms of heroin in the Western Indian Ocean... READ MORE

3rd February, 2018 3

INDIA LAUNCHES NEW DIESEL SUBS, BUT CHINA NOT IMPRESSED


Delhi aims to counter China's presence in the Indian Ocean with new submarines, but the PLA Navy fleet is larger and more powerful... READ MORE

2nd February, 2018 1251

Trending News Headlines : Indian Ocean

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TOLD MOSCOW THAT KUSHNER WANTED SECRET COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL WITH KREMLIN


Read more Flynn was warned by Trump transition officials about contacts with Russian ambassador The strange Oval Office meeting between Trump, Lavrov and Kislyak... READ MORE

28th May, 2017 155357

AIRCRAFT CARRIER WASNT SAILING TO DETER NORTH KOREA, AS U.S. SUGGESTED


The government rushed to reassure the public that the Carl Vinson was coming only to deter North Korean provocations... READ MORE

19th April, 2017 44161

SRI LANKA THE LATEST VICTIM OF CHINA'S DEBT-TRAP DIPLOMACY


Yet, as Hambantota shows, China is now establishing its own Hong Kong-style neocolonial arrangements... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 29734

DESPITE TALK OF A MILITARY STRIKE, TRUMP'S 'ARMADA' WAS A LONG WAY FROM KOREA


Mattis said the U.S. administration was working closely with China to address the issue of North Korea's nuclear program... READ MORE

18th April, 2017 27565

ON MONEY WHAT THE WORLDS EMPTIEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SAYS ABOUT CHINAS INFLUENCE


Chinese projects all over the world can create debt traps for the countries theyre in and perhaps also trap China on the road to empire... READ MORE

20th September, 2017 16622

PENCE'S NEW WARNING TO NORTH KOREA


Pence's new warning to North Korea 'The sword stands ready... READ MORE

19th April, 2017 11312

NO BRITISH JUDGE ON WORLD COURT FOR FIRST TIME IN ITS 71-YEAR HISTORY


A majority in both the general assembly and security council was required to win a place on the ICJ bench... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 10086

EU MEMBERS ABSTAIN AS BRITAIN DEFEATED IN UN VOTE ON CHAGOS ISLANDS


In 1965, three years before Mauritius was granted independence, the UK decided to separate the Chagos Islands, an archipelago, from the rest of its Indian Ocean colony... READ MORE

23rd June, 2017 8756

SOUTH KOREANS FEEL CHEATED AFTER U.S. CARRIER MISCUE


Kim Ky-baek, who runs the nationalist South Korean website Minjokcorea, expressed fear that the Carl Vinson episode would damage Mr. Trump's credibility among South Koreans... READ MORE

20th April, 2017 7000

IRAN SENDS WARSHIPS TO OMAN AMID GULF DISPUTE


Flotilla will head to Oman before starting mission in international waters near Yemen, the country's navy says... READ MORE

11th June, 2017 6876

PROSPECT OF ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TEST BY NORTH KOREA RAISES SPECTER OF DANGER


That is why the United States and the Soviet Union banned such tests in their first nuclear test-ban treaty, more than a half-century ago... READ MORE

23rd September, 2017 4901

KENYA OPENS NAIROBI-MOMBASA MADARAKA EXPRESS RAILWAY


Kenya has opened a major new railway between the port city of Mombasa and the capital, Nairobi, 18 months early... READ MORE

31st May, 2017 3934

SRI LANKA STRUGGLING WITH DEBT HANDS A MAJOR PORT TO CHINA


With many countries owing China for One Belt, One Road projects, some critics said Sri Lanka was setting a dangerous precedent of signing over territory... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 3868

INDIA WANTS THE WORLD TO BUY ITS WEAPONS


But away from the pageantry of parades and sales pitches, experts suggest India's 250-billion military modernization program is sputtering... READ MORE

1st February, 2018 3867

ETHIOPIA IS FACING A KILLER DROUGHT. BUT IT'S GOING ALMOST UNNOTICED.


The United Nations World Food Program WFP, which is working in Ethiopia's drought-hit Somali region, has started cutting its food rations to 80 percent... READ MORE

1st May, 2017 3753

CHINA TO OPEN FIRST OVERSEAS MILITARY BASE IN DJIBOUTI


The warships departed from Zhanjiang in southern China to set up a support base in the Horn of Africa nation, state media reported late on Tuesday... READ MORE

12th July, 2017 3648

CHINA TO OPEN FIRST OVERSEAS MILITARY BASE IN DJIBOUTI


The warships departed from Zhanjiang in southern China to set up a support base in the Horn of Africa nation, state media reported late on Tuesday... READ MORE

12th July, 2017 3648

'ARMADA' TRUMP CLAIMED WAS DEPLOYED TO NORTH KOREA ACTUALLY HEADING TO AUSTRALIA


But the Defence Department has said the fleet is now travelling north and should arrive near the Korean peninsula early next week... READ MORE

20th April, 2017 3604

RACE TO RENEW INDIA SUBMARINE FORCE AMID RISING CHINA THREAT


While the operational urgency cannot be undermined, there is a need for the Indian Navy to fight its wars with Indian-made submarines, said K.V... READ MORE

4th August, 2017 3521

US 'ARMADA' HEADED AWAY FROM N KOREA


The US Navy said on 8 April that Carl Vinson strike group was headed towards the Korean peninsula, as a deterrence measure... READ MORE

19th April, 2017 3276

CHINA'S NAVAL HOSPITAL SHIP MAKES FIRST VISIT TO SRI LANKA[1]


Aside from Sri Lanka, Harmonious Mission 2017 will also see the Peace Ark visit other locations around the Indian Ocean... READ MORE

7th August, 2017 3189

MALDIVES COURT THROWS OUT CASE AGAINST MOHAMED NASHEED


Welcoming the ruling, Mariyam Shiuna, executive director of anti-corruption group Transparency Maldives, said it still entails a lot of political uncertainty ... READ MORE

1st February, 2018 3011

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR MADAGASCAR - EVOLUTION'S LAST, AND GREATEST, LABORATORY


Kew scientists warn that unique plants on Madagascar are at risk of extinction... READ MORE

15th May, 2017 2993

TRUMP UNLEASHES THE GENERALS THEY DONT ALWAYS SEE THE BIG PICTURE


White House officials said both men were relying on talking points supplied by the Pentagon... READ MORE

21st April, 2017 2846

SRI LANKA FLOODS, LANDSLIDES: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 100


Indian medical teams and emergency relief arrived in the capital, Colombo, on Saturday to help Sri Lanka deal with the worst flooding in 14 years... READ MORE

27th May, 2017 2823

MIKE PENCE FIRES A FRESH WARNING TO NORTH KOREA


Seoul, the South Korean capital, is within easy range of North Korean long-range artillery... READ MORE

19th April, 2017 2121

MADAGASCAR'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE 2CV


But for decades it has been the car of choice for taxi drivers more than 5,000 miles 8,000km away on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar... READ MORE

29th October, 2017 1913

MH370 SEARCH DATA UNVEILS FISHING HOT SPOTS, ANCIENT GEOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS


It was published online by Geoscience Australia on Wednesday, with a further tranche due to be published next year... READ MORE

19th July, 2017 1776

HOW WELCOMING IS N.L. FOR IMMIGRANTS?


I've benefited from the legendary Newfoundland and Labrador hospitality, and every day I cherish my network of valued friends... READ MORE

25th June, 2017 1683

IS DEEP SEA MINING VITAL FOR A GREENER FUTURE - EVEN IF IT DESTROYS ECOSYSTEMS?


The seabed crawler being built is a few metres in size, far smaller than the commercial-scale machines Nautilus commissioned from UK company SMD... READ MORE

4th June, 2017 1666


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