LONDON (AP) — Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... abject surrender of our territory and a fundamental betrayal of the U.K.

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean that's home to a ...

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign ...

The Government’s announcement of the Chagos Islands deal was temporarily delayed after a legal challenge was launched by ...

The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.

The agreement would transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the U.K. to Mauritius — though Britain would retain control of the largest of the chain of islands, Diego Garcia, which hosts ...

Broadly speaking, there are two responses to Keir Starmer’s surrender of the Chagos Islands. The first is indignation. This ...

LONDON — Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... of our territory and a fundamental betrayal of the U.K. national interest.” ...

LONDON — The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, after overcoming last ...