New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Presenting the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that 18 new diplomatic missions will be opened in Africa.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Since September 2017, no Chinese nuclear or conventional submarine has entered the Indian Ocean Region, raising a question mark on the ability of the People's Liberation Army's Navy to deploy its underwater warships far away from its mainland.
Moscow [Russia], Jan 30 (ANI/Sputnik): At least five migrants were killed and 130 are missing after two boats overturned off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Tuesday.
Djibouti [Djibouti], Dec 21 (ANI): The French police here on Friday detained a suspect, Peter Cherif, associated with the Charlie Hebdo attackers who shot dead 12 people at the newspaper's office in Paris on January 7, 2015.
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Sri Lankan army chief Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne on Tuesday clarified that the claims about the Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka being utilised as a foreign military base was false.
Beijing [China], Feb 7 (ANI): China, in recent times, has been expanding its network to the military bases in the Indian Ocean, in a bid to increase its maritime preparedness and to strengthen its defence infrastructure.
Beijing [China], Jan. 06 (ANI): After Djibouti, China is planning to build its second foreign naval base in Pakistan, according to a South China Morning Post report.
Ambouli [Djibouti], October 4 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind, while addressing nearly 200 Indians in Djibouti on Tuesday, thanked the country for their role in helping Indians to evacuate from Yemen two years ago.
Djibouti [Africa], Oct 4 (ANI): Press Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind said India is expecting a couple of agreements on fostering and promoting economic relations with Djibouti.