Indian Ocean

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Storage sites just across the border in Mozambique, which has ports on the Indian Ocean, were reportedly bursting with Zimbabwean minerals, he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The waterway connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

It had also previously emerged that Iran targeted the joint US-UK military base on the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, around 3,800km from Iran.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Diego Garcia, located on a remote island in the British Indian Ocean Territory, is a strategic base where the U.S. hosts bombers, nuclear submarines and guided-missile destroyers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

They left the storm behind and sailed north into the Indian Ocean.

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