A Russian naval task group has conducted exercises and port calls during its deployment in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

As climate change drives down the water levels of the Caspian Sea, a staggering transformation is unfolding – ecosystems are vanishing, endangered species face extinction, and millions of people risk ...

In the heart of Eurasia lies a vast region once known more for its historic caravans and ancient scholarship than for its ...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian attacks from the Black Sea on Sunday show why Moscow is refusing an unconditional ceasefire. He said that “they want to preserve their ability ...

and future development beyond the environmental crisis of the Aral Sea. Mention the Aral Sea or search for it online, and apocalyptic scenes appear. A lake once so vast it is still called a sea ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Major stock markets across Asia plummeted on Monday, compounding a global financial crisis triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes. The most significant drop has been in Hong ...

Here’s what we know of this engineering marvel Asia’s first vertical-lift sea bridge, which will pave the way for resumption of train services up to Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram island after two ...

TOKYO (AP) — A medical transport helicopter fell into the sea in southwestern Japan, killing the patient and two other people, the Japan coast guard said. The pilot, Hiroshi Hamada, 66 ...

CHENNAI, India (AP) — For nearly four decades, residents in southern India’s coastal city of Chennai have patrolled moonlit beaches at night trying to protect sea turtles and their hatchlings ...

A striking new satellite image released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on April 4, 2025, illustrates the latest stage in the collapse of the Aral Sea, once the fourth-largest lake on Earth.