I could not resist rushing to the High Court to witness the eleventh-hour challenge to the deal to give away the Chagos ...

Atoll islands with healthy ecosystems are less likely to disappear as oceans rise, research shows. Now, scientists are using nature-based solutions — like restoring coral reefs and native forests — to ...

The Chagos Archipelago holds geopolitical and environmental importance ... An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef, island, or series of islets, which surrounds a body of water called a lagoon. 3. The ...

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

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

UN says it welcomes the signing of the agreement between UK government and the government of the Republic of Mauritius ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control ...

PORTAGE — The Valparaiso man who drowned Monday just east of the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk had gone into the chilly water to recover a boat that was drifting away from where it had been ...

A day after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville and detained two men without explanation, the city’s Court Square was flooded with ...

The vacant former site of the Tommy Bartlett Show will remain a tourist attraction, Believe It or Not! Ripley’s Believe It or Not! said Tuesday it has purchased the 37-acre property at 560 ...