The US military airbase of Diego Garcia gets dragged into a power play. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The government of Mauritius is launching a Golden Visa scheme, a la the White House, following requests from wealthy ...

Pemba Island offers a soulful, crowd-free alternative to Zanzibar, anchored by a stay at The Aiyana, an oceanfront resort ...

Ahead of King Charles III’s state visit to Washington last week, the UK government quietly shelved its agreement to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while maintaining the lease on the US-UK ...

Blog by Dr Thomas Munthali, Head of Economic Policy and Small States and Opeyemi Abebe, Head of the Trade Competitiveness ...

The Indian and Pacific oceans cover roughly half the globe and are dotted with strategically valuable islands. Who has what ...

PORT LOUIS, April 23 (Reuters) - Mauritius said it would wait up to the end of July for Britain to finalise a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands after London put the agreement on hold following ...

A shadow moves beneath the glass-bottom boat. We lean in as a sea turtle rises, breaking the clear blue surface for a quiet breath before slipping back below. This is Mauritius, where the Indian Ocean ...

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Tuesday the democratic island has the "right to engage with the world", after he ...

The omission of the Maldives from the Mauritius-hosted Ninth Indian Ocean Conference is not a minor diplomatic oversight. It ...

A Pew Research Center map reveals the world's most and least religiously diverse countries, from Singapore and Taiwan to Yemen and Somalia.

For Nadeem Nazurally, snorkelling off the coast of Mauritius lately has become disheartening.  The coral reefs that once glowed in vivid greens, blues and pinks now stretch out below him, faded and ...