Mauritius wins sovereignty over Chagos Islands from UK, leasing Diego Garcia naval base, amid political and legal battles.

LONDON (AP) — A British court said Thursday that the U.K. can transfer sovereignty over the contested and strategically ...

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

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

T he United Kingdom has finalized a historic £3.4 billion agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the ...

A British court has lifted an injunction blocking the UK's transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The move would see ...

in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U.S. military base. The Chagos Islands are an archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Under the deal ...

The Indian Ocean archipelago is home to a strategically important naval and bomber base on ... give that to us.” One of the last remnants of the British Empire, the Chagos Islands have been ...

U.N. Court Says U.K. Must Give Up Control Of Chagos Islands The U.K. expelled the residents of the Indian Ocean islands and allowed the U.S. to build a military base. The U.N. Court says it must ...