Diego Garcia is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), one of the U.K.’s 14 overseas territories, final remnants of the British Empire. Last month, however, Prime Minister Keir ...

the British severed the Chagos Islands from Mauritius and established the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). This was ...

The UK on Thursday signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia military ...

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

On 3 October 2021 their vessel encountered difficulties in the Indian Ocean and was escorted by the Royal Navy to Diego Garcia. Following their arrival in the BIOT, the individuals made claims for ...

Last month, the US blocked a British Indian Overseas Territory (BIOT) court from entering the British territory of Diego Garcia—part of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, and prevented a ...

The arrival of Tamil refugees on Diego Garcia posed an unexpected headache for the BIOT administration. Worried that Diego Garcia could become a “backdoor migration route” to the UK ...

British navy ships rescued dozens and brought them to Diego Garcia, the largest of the disputed Chagos Islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot) – long claimed by Mauritius – and ...