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

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

The UK Government’s decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos islands to Mauritius will mean that, for the first time in ...

While diplomacy is critical, the UK’s decision to hand over the sovereignty to Mauritius over the Chagos Islands couldn’t ...

After years of negotiations, the UK is giving up its sovereignty over a cluster of strategically important Indian Ocean ...

The sun will finally set on the British Empire, reportedly heavily due to President Joe Biden's pressure on Prime Minister ...

Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago protested outside the U.K. Parliament on Monday against a ...

The deal grants Mauritius full sovereignty over the archipelago, while simultaneously guaranteeing the operation of the US-UK ...

The Falklands are safe in British hands, the governor of the islands has insisted amid a row over the Chagos Islands. It was ...

A series of islands in the remote reaches of the Indian Ocean are at the centre of a “historic agreement”, which will see the ...

In a historic move, the UK will be handing over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius while ...

Robert Jenrick has accused David Lammy of handing over the Chagos Islands so he can “feel good about himself at his next ...