an archipelago of nearly 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius as part of a deal to secure the US-UK military base at Diego Garcia. This move was lauded by India, which shares close ...

After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian ...

but has resisted because of the military base on Diego Garcia island that plays a key role for US operations in the Indian Ocean and Gulf. "For the first time in more than 50 years, the status of ...

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 ...

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

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

Britain has said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but under what US President Joe Biden called a "historic agreement" it will keep a strategic Indian Ocean military ...

but has resisted because of the military base on Diego Garcia island that plays a key role for US operations in the Indian Ocean and Gulf. "For the first time in more than 50 years, the status of the ...

but has resisted because of the military base on Diego Garcia island that plays a key role for US operations in the Indian Ocean and Gulf.