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Some important places in news from recent times are : 

           Place                     Location                                       Reason for being in news             
 Al Hudayah        Yemen   Yemen Civil War; principal port on the Red Sea 
   
 Assumption Island             Seychelles  Plans for Indian Naval Base.
   
 Duqm Port             Oman Military and Logistics Support for India.
   
 Sabang Port        Indonesia  Joint initiative by India to develop the deep sea port.
   
 Sulawesi Province and Palus Island.         Indonesia Earthquakes and Tsunamis. 
   
 Agalega Island        Mauritius.  Infrastructure projects of India.
   
 Al-Baghuz Fawqani        Syria Last stronghold of ISIS in Syria.
   
 Dornogovi Province         Mongolia  First strategically important oil refinery of Mongolia funded by India. 
   
 Makunudhoo Island        Maldives China is building observation post. 
   
 Migingo Island in Lake Victoria  Claimed by Kenya and Uganda.
   
 Farkhor        Tajikistan India's first military base outside its territory.
   
 Troconmalee port         Sri Lanka  India is  developing a natural gas project.
   


Note : To be Updated. 

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