Mauritius to negotiate Chagos sovereignty with Britain Mauritius Premier Navin Ramgoolam told the Parlia ment on Tuesday that Great Britain has accepted to initiate top level discussion s on the sovereignty of ...

U.S. base on tiny Indian Ocean island: Staging ground for the next invasion? On the small, remote island of Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean halfway between Africa and Indonesia, the United States has one of ...

Introducing the other Guantanamo By David Vine On the small, remote island of Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean halfway between Africa and Indonesia, the United States has one of the most secretive military ...

On the small, remote island of Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean halfway between Africa and Indonesia, the United States has one of the most secretive military bases in the world.

The door is open. But just a crack. Myanmar's isolationist ruling junta is now allowing U.S. military cargo planes to regularly fly relief supplies into their largest city to provide aid to cyclone survivors.

The decision by the French refugee agency OFPRA to reject Mohamed Bacar's request for asylum in France leaves the Comoran rebel leader in limbo.

Almost all the Arctic nations are stepping up activities to shore up their positions in the future debates on the possession of the Arctic resources.

Friday, May 16, 2008 Pena: Mangroves By Rox Pena E-ssue I GREW up in a landlocked town, so I have very limited knowledge of mangroves.

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he is planning to send the organization's highest ranking aid official to Myanmar, to boost efforts to tackle the crisis caused by Cyclone Nargis which ...