Indian Ocean

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The U.S. seized the Iran-linked oil tanker Skywave in the Indian Ocean, according to three U.S. officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Beijing has long been accused of seeking to develop facilities around the Indian Ocean -- a so-called "string of pearls" -- to counter India's rise and secure its own economic interests.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

"This is the first record of a giant squid detected off Western Australia's coast using eDNA protocols and the northernmost record of A. dux in the eastern Indian Ocean," Dr. Kirkendale said.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

The Chagossians have lived in limbo since being evicted from the Indian Ocean islands in the 1960s and 1970s to create a buffer around the secret U.S.-U.K. military base on Diego Garcia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

He told Lupe of the two French islands east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham