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

Negotiations with Mauritius commenced last year over the Chagos Islands, also known as the British Indian Ocean Territory ... legal surety of the military outpost's status. The decision prompted ...

Beijing is seeking to establish strategic strongpoints - known as its 'String of Pearls -from the South China Sea, through the Indian Ocean ... People's Liberation Army Navy vessels, though ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, the UK forcibly expelled the Chagossians, a move condemned as a crime against humanity, while it retained control of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) following ...

As the Islamic State captured large swathes of territory ... Indian films bring to the screen than the 1897 Battle of Saragarhi. At Saragarhi, 21 Sikh soldiers of the British Army defended an ...

Diego Garcia is off-limits to any non-military personnel. This restriction also applies to the wider British Indian Ocean Territory, which encompasses the islands. Because of these ...

Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain ...

Mauritius has claimed the archipelago -- renamed the British Indian Ocean Territory -- since its independence in 1968 and has garnered increased international support. In 2019 the International ...