The island is named Diego Garcia, the biggest little island in the Indian Ocean's isolated Chagos Archipelago. Never heard of it? Consult the map — it's south of India and kinda sorta between ...

Freezing Temperatures: A blast of Arctic air can be dangerous, especially when combined with blustery winds. Track cold ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Madagascar owes its name to Marco Polo. The famous traveler heard about the island during his wanderings in Africa. The name ...

With British PM Keir Starmer seeking ‘strong protections’ for the US-British base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago is ...

The African island nation will assume sovereignty over the archipelago – minus a military base – but the UK government has ...

It is found in the depths of Indian Ocean and named as the gravity hole or Indian Ocean geoid low, an anomaly where gravity ...

President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United ...

Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

infecting sea urchins in the Red Sea before spreading to the Western Indian Ocean. "Incidentally, if this hypothesis is correct, we would expect to see mortality events in West Africa as well—as ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...