The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has awarded Somalia control of most of a potential oil- and a gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean in a dispute over the maritime boundary with neighboring Kenya. Chief Judge Joan Donoghue said at The Hague-based court on Tuesday there was “no agreed maritime …
Read More »Israeli cargo ship attacked by ‘unknown weapon’ in Indian Ocean: Report
A fire has broken out on an Israeli-owned cargo ship after it was struck by an “unidentified weapon” in the northern Indian Ocean, a report says. The Israeli vessel was on route to the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when it was attacked, Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network reported …
Read More »Mauritius says the ship was carrying nearly 4,000 tonnes of fuel.
Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius have stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tonnes of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered wildlife in further peril. The government on Saturday declared an environmental emergency as satellite images …
Read More »Iran Navy successfully conducts test-fire of new-generation cruise missiles
Iranian Navy announced that it has successfully test-launched short- and long-range missiles in a military exercise in the south of the country. In a military exercise dubbed as ‘brave martyrs of Ramadan’ in the north of the Indian Ocean and Sea of Oman on Thursday, the Navy has test-fired short- …
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