UK agrees to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius ...

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

Regional powers India and China compete for influence in the archipelago nation, which is strategically located in the Indian Ocean. For decades, India has been a critical provider of development ...

THE Chagos Islands are an archipelago that have made headlines ... of 60 islands that lie 500km south of the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. They were claimed by Mauritius, after the country ...

LONDON (AP) — UK agrees to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius.

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 the Chagos Islands to Mauritius but under what US President Joe ...

Demonstrators from Chagos Islands during a protest seeking the end of British occupation of the Indian Ocean archipelago, in Port Louis, Mauritius, in November 2019. | AFP The UK government has ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --The United Kingdom says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of Mauritius, thus surrendering the final colony of ...

Mauritius is a stable and prosperous Indian Ocean archipelago. Once dependent on sugar exports, the island has built up a strong outsourcing and financial services sector, as well as an important ...

And now China hawks have expressed fears that Keir Starmer could have handed Xi Jinping a major win after ceding the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, to Beijing ...