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

After almost 59 years of controversial existence, the last vestige of the British Empire in the Indian Ocean, the British ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Starmer hands over the Chagos Islands to its former colony, Mauritius. Detail of an illustration featuring the ...

The British Island group of Diego Carcia is hidden and a secret to many. However, it's known for its untouchable beauty and ...

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

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 ...

A future treaty to that effect will end London's administration of what it currently calls the British Indian Ocean Territory. Diego Garcia, the largest in the Chagos group in the central Indian ...

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 ...