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

Deal will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos ... lease of Diego Garcia. The US pays Britain an unspecified amount to operate the base. Here’s what to know about the disputed islands.

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been barred from signing it by a British judge.

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

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

Britain on Thursday agreed to transfer sovereignty of the strategically located Chagos Islands to ... base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, operated by US forces and crucial for ...

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

Starmer described the multibillion-dollar pact securing British control of the US-UK ... Diego Garcia is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The islands were once ...

The Indian Ocean archipelago is home to a strategically important naval and bomber base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia ... us.” One of the last remnants of the British Empire, the ...