May 1945. In the final months of World War 2, the Imperial Japanese Navy sent the heavy cruiser Haguro on a desperate supply ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

The Strait of Malacca, a bustling trade route connecting the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, has long been touted as a strategic weak point for China. In a regional crisis, such as an invasion ...

From oil-rich choke points to icy trade corridors, straits are narrow sea passages with massive global impact. These slim stretches of water link oceans, divide continents, and control the flow of ...

The Strait of Malacca is an 805-km stretch of water that falls between the Malay Peninsula on the northeast and the Indonesian island of Sumatra on the southwest. It connects the Andaman Sea in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the changing world of underwater warfare. Gwadar port in Pakistan will open up an alternative route for Chinese Imports to ...

March 5 (Reuters) - Singapore said on Friday it had raised alert levels in the city-state and beefed up security at its airport and new casino resorts after a warning of possible attacks on oil ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Malaysian military believes an airliner missing for almost four days with 239 people on board flew for more than an hour after vanishing from air traffic control screens, ...