Ships can be seen gliding on the water from an airplane window flying over the Strait of Malacca on January 21, 2013. (leogaggl/Flickr)Want to see your images in our Photo of the Day posts? Use Flickr ...

MR. THOMSON'S sojourn in the countries with which his book is concerned seems to have extended from 1862 onward, during which time he evidently had plenty of leisure to visit various places on the ...

The Strait of Malacca is 80 km long, 65-to-150 km wide and 2.8 km at its narrowest point. From Malacca town, I could see the other side. Around 250 ships use it daily; it is congested with cargo ...

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the Flotilla took part in the Battle of the Malacca Strait in which the Haguro, the flagship of the Japanese Indian Ocean Fleet, was sunk. At that point the end of the war was still three months away.

The Strait of Malacca is strategically important. It’s the shortest shipping route between the Far East and the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. It handles a quarter of all ...