Here is what it means. The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Oil Islands) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway ...

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

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

The agreement would transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the U.K. to Mauritius — though Britain would retain control of the largest of the chain of islands, Diego Garcia, which hosts ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after an earlier challenge was overturned, allowing the agreement to go ahead. Speaking to journalists on Thursday afternoon ...

"Mauritius is not going to give that to us.” One of the last remnants of the British Empire, the Chagos Islands have been under U.K. control since 1814. Britain split the islands away from ...

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U ...

LONDON — The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, after overcoming last ...

LONDON — Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the British government ...

LONDON (AP) — The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean that's ...

LONDON — Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the U.K. government ...