UNHCR

Indian Ocean Island States validate key findings on mixed movements along the Western Indian Ocean Route

Pretoria, South Africa - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in collaboration with the Mixed Migration Center (MMC), Danish Refugee Council, hosted a workshop bringing together regional stakeholders to ...
CNN

US moves B-2 stealth bombers to Indian Ocean island in massive show of force to Houthis, Iran

The Pentagon has sent at least six B-2 bombers – 30% of the US Air Force’s stealth bomber fleet – to the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, in what analysts have called a message to Iran as tensions ...

IndiGo starts direct Chennai-Réunion Island flights, first for an Indian carrier: Why it's crucial

With around 3,00,000 residents of Indian origin -over one-third of the island’s population - there is strong demand for travel between the two regions.
Bloomberg L.P.

China Piles the Pressure on India in Its Own Backyard

Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 2,000 miles from the East African coast, boasts clear-blue waters, pristine beaches — and a US-UK military base at the heart of the great-power chess ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Why the Indian Ocean may be home to the next nuclear crisis

The Indian Ocean is an overlooked theater for nuclear escalation and conflict. Since the start of this year alone, Iran threatened to strike a US military base in the Chagos Archipelago, China ...