They were claimed by Mauritius, after the country gained independence in 1968 ... This restriction also applies to the wider British Indian Ocean Territory, which encompasses the islands.

Without British oversight, experts fear fishing vessels will have free rein to harvest the region, damaging its pristine reef ...

The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian ...

For Mauritius, the deal marks a historic reclamation of territory and a measure of justice The story of the Chagos Islands’ status spans centuries. During France’s colonisation of Mauritius and other ...

During France's colonisation of Mauritius and other Western Indian Ocean islands in the 1700s ... And yet the islands remained British territory. Based on the ICJ advisory opinion, Mauritius ...

The offer to the migrants, by British officials on the island on Tuesday, came after the UK announced it was handing sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot), which includes Diego ...

A treaty finalized by the UK may bring about the end of the .io domain. Last week, the British government announced that it ...

It sparked a long legal dispute, due to the island's unusual status as part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot), BBC News reports. The UK government had argued that bringing them to ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is reminding the public that there’s still time to submit an Illinois state ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — American and British climbers have been rescued after being stranded for three days on a mountain in India’s Himalayan north. Fay Jane Manners from the United Kingdom and ...