After Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, the United States has deployed heavy, nuclear-capable bombers in Guam to beef up the ...

Under the deal, the U.K. can continue leasing the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, keeping the key military facility in British and American hands for at least 99 years. U.S. Secretary of ...

Diego Garcia is located in the middle of the Indian Ocean, strategically positioned between Asia and Africa. The base may be thousands of miles from Washington, but it is within flying distance of ...

The United States has applauded a landmark deal between the United Kingdom and Mauritius that secured its continued use of Diego Garcia, a vital British and American joint military outpost in the ...

After two years of negotiations, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius announced an agreement on Oct. 3 that would grant the small Indian Ocean island nation sovereignty over the Chagos ...

Requested the Block FL270-FL280 For Cross. — Andy (@Andyyyyrrrr) March 25, 2025 With the remote nature of Diego Garcia, over a thousand miles from the nearest landmass, once aircraft destined ...

Diego Garcia, the air base the US may use if it decides to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, is a speck of an island in the Indian Ocean that few associate with the Middle East. But the US has ...

And it didn’t take me long to realize why we were there: Diego Garcia was and remains an extremely important military facility shared by the US and UK.

The largest Chagos island hosts the joint U.S.-U.K. Diego Garcia naval and air base. It is one of the U.S. military's main ways of projecting power into the Indo-Pacific, a region toward which the ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...