India’s navy says it drove out a Chinese vessel in September after it allegedly made an “unauthorized” entry into what New Delhi calls its “exclusive economic zone” in the strategic Indian Ocean.

A message in a bottle was discovered 50 years later after being thrown into the Indian Ocean in Australia.

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi has travelled to China to attend the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy.

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's party is heading for a historic landslide victory in parliamentary elections, according to provisional results.

The Iranian Navy’s deputy commander says the force is to hold large-scale drills in the Indian Ocean in two weeks' time.

Russian foreign minister accuses France of ignoring UN resolutions and illegally ruling Mayotte island.

The Maldives' top court ruled that President Yameen had failed to prove his claim that the election was rigged and a fresh poll was necessary.

Protesters have clashed with soldiers in Comoros in demonstrations against President Azali Assoumani's bid to extend term limits.

Japan is to send a large helicopter carrier to the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean for a second straight year, sources say.

Iran’s top military official tells navy chiefs from the Indian Ocean’s littoral states that the US has spawned crisis across a large expanse of Western Asia by acting as a patron to Daesh terrorists.