Sri Lankan navy rescues over 100 adrift Rohingya refugees

In 2018, more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to neighbouring Bangladesh following a military crackdown in Myanmar.

20 December 2022

India yet to clarify boarding Maldivian fishing vessels

Maldivian Foreign Ministry has contacted the Indian government to find out the reason for the unwarranted stop-and-search operation by the Indian coast guard.

4 February 2024

Hezbollah's anti-ship missiles bolster its threat to US navy

Hezbollah keeps its arsenal and how it is sourced shrouded in secrecy.

9 November 2023

2 Japanese naval vessels arrive in Maldives

Principal Director, MNDF Coast Guard, Lt Col. Mohammad Rizmi Waleed visited the two ships and interacted with senior officials of the vessels.

30 March 2023

India opens new naval base near Maldives amid tense ties

India's new base on Minicoy is around 125 km (78 miles) from the Maldives.

7 March 2024

North Korea's Kim calls for strengthening naval forces

"He stressed that the navy of the DPRK would become a component of the state nuclear deterrence carrying out the strategic duty".

29 August 2023

Philippine leader says no promise made to China to remove warship

"And let me go further, if there does exist such an agreement, I rescind that agreement now".

10 August 2023

Russian war ships thwart Ukraine's attack near Crimea

The patrol ships, the Pytlivy and the Vasili Bykov, fired at the Ukrainian boat and destroyed it, the military said.

18 August 2023