voted to block the use of UK stamps from the remote archipelago. All post from the Chagos Islands must now bear stamps from Mauritius. The UK says it will not cede control until the islands are no ...

Mauritius has claimed the Chagos Islands as its own territory, making a formal challenge to Britain’s sovereignty over them ...

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 ...

Or will it allow post-Imperial hand-wringing to outweigh the national interest? A litmus test will be its handling of the territory of the Chagos Islands, which Britain has owned since 1814.

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U ...

The plan will see the UK give up sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory but pay to lease back the strategically important Diego Garcia military base, which is used by the US. Discussions ...

After decades of legal battles, Britain has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... the deal marks a huge shift in post-colonial relations between the UK and Mauritius, possibly ...

LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction was overturned, securing itself a lease for ...

LONDON — The British government on Thursday announced it would cede sovereignty over the Chagos ... a post on social media. “The views of Chagossians, the Indigenous inhabitants of the islands ...

The Chagos Islands deal could still be signed on Thursday after an overnight injunction was granted temporarily preventing the plans, the High Court has been told. The deal, which would see ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after an earlier challenge was overturned, allowing the agreement to go ahead. Speaking to journalists on Thursday afternoon ...

Donald Trump has cleared the UK's plan to 'surrender' the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Downing Street said today. Hopes has been high among opponents of Sir Keir Starmer's plan to hand over the ...