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Bernadette Dugasse was just a toddler when her family was forced to leave her birthplace. She didn’t get a chance to return ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been ...

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

Bernadette Dugasse was just a toddler when her family was forced to leave her birthplace, the Chagos Islands. After years of ...

People demonstrate outside the High Court in London, Thursday, May 22, 2025, after a British court blocked the U.K. from ...

LONDON -Britain was temporarily blocked from concluding a deal on the Chagos Islands with Mauritius on Thursday after an eleventh-hour injunction by a London High Court judge, postponing an ...

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People demonstrate outside the High Court in London, Thursday, May 22, 2025, after a British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius hours before ...

Argentina has renewed its calls for the UK government to return the Falkland Islands, following Britain's decision to cede its sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. The UK signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn ...