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

Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is a paradise of lush vegetation and white-sand beaches, surrounded by crystal blue waters. But this is no tourist destination. It is strictly out of ...

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

the largest of the disputed Chagos Islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot) – long claimed by Mauritius – and ...

It’s long past time to decolonize the Chagos Islands. None of the former PM’s reasons for keeping control is convincing. Malé’s decision to recognize Mauritius’ claim to the British ...

It is the lesson we have learned from the conflict in the Falkland Islands. I recognize that the British Indian Ocean Territory is different from the Falkland Islands, and there are different ...

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

After the U.N.’s highest court found in 2019 that the United Kingdom was illegally occupying the contested Chagos Islands ... to wage a legal battle to return. The territory - which became the British ...

FOR those with skills in business, tech or finance - the tropical Inidan Ocean island of Mauritius wants you. ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 679215 Registered office: 1 London ...

The British government has been under pressure for decades to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... archipelago -- renamed the British Indian Ocean Territory -- since its independence ...