largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major US military base “Show them a map of the world; most of them have a job finding the Isle of Wight.” Sir Humphrey Appleby’s astute ...

The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the ...

The UK has handed sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after decades of negotiations. The Indian Ocean archipelago had been a British island territory for over half a century ...

Concerns have been raised over the future of the Falkland Islands after the UK gave up control of a remote archipelago ... a political agreement to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius ...

I was speaking with a friend last week, not just about the challenges of driving from one city to another, but making short ...

People who couldn’t find these islands on a map have quickly acquired strong ... this ­country in a profoundly shabby light. The Chagos archipelago lies in the ­middle of the Indian Ocean.

In a joint statement with Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth, Keir Starmer said that Mauritius will take control of the islands, ...

The UK will return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but Diego Garcia will remain under UK-US control. Chagossians, displaced ...