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US Southern Command forces board the Venezuela-linked oil tanker Bertha in the Indian Ocean, February 24, 2026. (U.S. Department of War via X)
February 24, 2026, 7:12 pm
US forces board 3rd oil tanker in Indian Ocean, accused of trying to defy Iran sanctions
Southern Command says Venezuelan-linked Bertha, tracked from Caribbean, operated in defiance of Trump’s ‘quarantine of sanctioned vessels’
By Agencies
Yemenis wave Palestinian flags and hold mock rockets during a march in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa in solidarity with the people of Gaza on June 28, 2024. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)
July 2, 2024, 4:33 pm
Yemen’s Houthis claim to attack Israeli, US, UK vessels across 4 bodies of water
Rebel group says American oil tanker in Red Sea struck for 2nd time this week, along with other ships in Arabian, Mediterranean seas, Indian Ocean; claims not yet verified
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Yemeni security forces stand guard during a pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel rally in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on April 26, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)
April 30, 2024, 6:29 am
Houthis attack Israel-linked ship in Indian Ocean, 2 US warships in Red Sea
Latest attacks on international shipping by Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels also target a second commercial vessel
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Image from video provide by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on March 18, 2023, shows warships during a Russia, China and Iran joint naval exercise in the Arabian Sea. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
March 12, 2024, 12:54 pm
Iran, Russia and China to hold joint naval drill in northern Indian Ocean
Marine Security Belt 2024 to focus on protection of maritime economic activity; Oman, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and South Africa reportedly to participate as observers
By Agencies
The previously Israeli-owned CSAV TYNDALL is seen sailing near the port of Pireas, Greece, on January 15, 2021. (Screenshot: YouTube)
July 3, 2021, 8:34 pm
UAE-bound vessel, previously Israeli-owned, attacked in Indian Ocean
Fire breaks out aboard Liberia-flagged CSAV Tyndall, formerly owned by Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime; Israeli officials believe Iran behind attack
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
In this photo released February 16, 2021, by the Iranian army, a Russian warship enters Iranian waters for a joint naval exercise with the Iranian navy and Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy. (Iranian Army via AP)
February 16, 2021, 2:48 pm
Iran and Russia begin joint naval drill in Indian Ocean
Exercise is 2nd of its kind since 2019, when the 2 countries were joined by China; comes among other moves perceived as pressure on US
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this photo released January 16, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, missiles are launched in a drill in Iran. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews via AP)
January 16, 2021, 2:13 pm
Iran says ballistic missiles destroy target 1,800 km away in anti-warship drill
Said to have range that could hit Israeli targets, missiles fired at ‘hypothetical hostile enemy ships’ in Indian Ocean
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Iranian warship Alborz, foreground, prepares to leave Iran's waters, April 7, 2015. (Fars News Agency, Mahdi Marizad/AP)
December 25, 2019, 3:34 pm
Iran to hold joint, four-day navy drill with Russia and China
Maneuvers in the Indian Ocean seen as response to recent US exercise with Saudi Arabia in which Chinese navy also participated
By Nasser Karimi
An image taken from video issued by Nekton shows Seychelles President Danny Faure, left, speaking from inside a submersible from the vessel Ocean Zephyr, under the water off the coast of Desroches, in the outer islands of Seychelles, April 14, 2019. (Nekton via AP)
April 14, 2019, 3:26 pm
Seychelles president’s underwater speech: Protect our oceans
Danny Faure issues call to action in first-ever live speech from submersible 400 feet below the waves of the Indian Ocean
By david keyton
The Israeli delegation at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, September 5, 2018 (UN Photo/Wendy van Bree. Courtesy ICJ)
September 7, 2018, 10:30 am
Israel takes part in international court debate for first time in decades
At ICJ in The Hague, Israeli delegation weighs in on territorial dispute it has nothing to do with, in apparent effort to avoid being typecast as a one-issue country
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: A small boat out at sea (Creative-Family/iStock)
December 27, 2017, 8:34 pm
Polish man, and cat, rescued after 7 months drifting in Indian Ocean
Sailor says he and his pet survived on half a packet of Chinese soup per day, plus what he caught fishing
By AFP
Illustrative: Iranian Navy exercise in 2011. (CC BY, Mohammad Sadegh Heydari, Wikimedia Commons)
February 27, 2017, 3:19 am
Iran begins annual navy drill off Strait of Hormuz
One-third of all oil traded by sea passes through the strategic waterway, which is also home to US Navy’s 5th Fleet
By AP
One of the hostages held by Somali pirates reacts as he arrives at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on October 23, 2016, after being freed with other hostages. (AFP)
October 24, 2016, 7:37 pm
Hostages held by Somali pirates for 5 years ate rats to survive
Ex-British army colonel negotiates release of 26 kidnapped Asian sailors, who describe some of the inhumane conditions they endured
By AFP and ToI Staff
Metallic debris found on a beach on the French Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, close to where where a wing part believed to belong to missing flight MH370 washed up last week. (Richard Bouhet/ AFP)
August 5, 2015, 11:52 pm
Wing fragment is from missing flight MH370, say experts
Physical evidence proves that Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into Indian Ocean, cause still a mystery
By AP
Police officers looking over a piece of debris from a plane, Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in Saint-Andre, Reunion. (Reunion 1ere via AP)
July 30, 2015, 5:56 pm
Malaysian premier says debris likely from missing jet
Wing section washed on to Indian Ocean island appears to be from the same type of plane as flight MH370; suitcase that also washed up went unnoticed for day
By AP and AFP
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