Strategically located between East Africa and Southeast Asia, Diego Garcia serves as a surveillance centre for the Middle ...

Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is a paradise of lush vegetation and white-sand beaches, surrounded by crystal blue waters. But this is no tourist destination. It is strictly out of ...

The mystery around this tropical base has more to do with the dodgy way the UK and US manage to steal the island from the ...

The policy reversal comes as Britain agrees to hand over control of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

Exclusive: The blame game for who was responsible for the UK handing over the key Indian Ocean islands has now dragged in ...

UNHCR has approved a request by the UK to transfer 36 Sri Lankan asylum seekers from Diego Garcia and Rwanda to a transit ...

Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of ...

In the early 1970s, it evicted almost 2,000 residents to Mauritius and the Seychelles to make way for an airbase on the largest island, Diego Garcia, which it had leased to the United States in 1966.

Former prime minister Liz Truss has hit back at claims that she was responsible for the UK losing the crucial Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean and claimed it was Boris Johnson’s fault.

LONDON/PORT LOUIS, (REUTERS) – Britain said on October 3 it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a ...