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 ...

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton transit the Strait of Malacca on February 5, 2021. China's dependence on the strait for imported oil leaves the country ...

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 ...

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 ...