Here are seven of the most important straits in the world like the Strait of Hormuz, and why they continue to shape headlines ...

Piracy in Southeast Asia, meanwhile, is accelerating. Attacks and attempted attacks in the waters of Indonesia — which controls much of the Malacca Strait and its environs — totaled 107 last year.

The greatest menaces to the Malacca Strait, which separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, lie in the natural world. Of the many intriguing maps of activity in the ...

Closing the Strait of Hormuz is one of the ways Iran could retaliate after the U.S. bombed three of the country’s nuclear ...

The Strait of Hormuz is a critical maritime chokepoint that links the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea and beyond to the high ...

The Strait of Malacca, ... Even if the U.S. further weans itself off China trade, the world's second-largest economy is the top trading partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ...

In the days after MH370's disappearance, the mystery deepens as the Malaysian authorities first deny, then confirm that their ...

Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca - inscribed minor boundary modification Disclaimer The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World ...

The Strait of Malacca stretches over 800 kilometers, connecting the west coast of the Malay Peninsula and the east coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. At its southeast end, it is connected ...

It's only a few hundred miles long, but when a natural disaster strikes near the Malacca Strait, the consequences could be global, writes Tom Ough. Every year, approximately 90,000 ships pass ...

World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites ...

The greatest menaces to the Malacca Strait, which separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, lie in the natural world. Of the many intriguing maps of activity in the ...