The island is named Diego Garcia, the biggest little island in the Indian Ocean's isolated Chagos Archipelago. Never heard of ...

The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos ...

Air base could become hotbed for Beijing’s spyware and missile technology, fears former Diego Garcia commander ...

The British surrender of Chagos Islands could allow China to surveil and endanger the British and US aircraft and vessels at ...

National security will be put at risk unless the Chagos Islands are handed over to Mauritius in a deal set to cost the UK taxpayer billions, Sir Keir Starmer said. The Government plans to cede ...

Phillipe Sands, who compared Britain’s possession of territory to Russian invasion of Crimea, attended ceremony in 2022 ...

The Chagos Islands deal has been hailed as necessary to avoid a significant conflict with one of Britain's adversaries. Stephen Doughty, minister for the British overseas territories, said Russia ...

Diego Garcia also serves as a critical base for intelligence monitoring of China’s increasing naval and air operations in the region. The base operates at the highest level of security.