When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Scattered Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants, with just some French military ...

A Transall C-160 aricraft of France’s Forces armées dans la Zone-sud de l’océan Indien (FAZSOI) on Tromelin Island in 2013. The French presence in the Indian Ocean region began in the 17th century and ...

At least four people were killed and hundreds of thousands were left without water or electricity as Cyclone Garance flooded parts of the island of Réunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, ...

FILE - People stroll along the seafront in Saint Denis de la Reunion, in the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File) PARIS (AP) — French police ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Cyclone Chido began battering the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday ...

(CNN) — Tropical cyclone Garance made landfall on the French Indian Ocean territory of Réunion on Friday, packing gusts of 166 kilometers (103 miles) per hour. Garance – the equivalent of a Category 2 ...

Four small coral islands, an atoll and a reef in the Indian Ocean are at the centre of geopolitical tensions between France and Madagascar. Although they cover just 16 square miles of land and have no ...