The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain purchased the ...

A threatened Iranian attack on British military facilities in the Chagos Islands would trigger a regional conflict, experts say. In recent days, Iranian forces have called for a pre-emptive strike ...

It is that of the Chagos Islands, the largest of which, Diego Garcia, hosts a British-American base. Its construction in the early 1970s was preceded by the forcible expulsion of 1,500 Chagossians ...

Foreign Office pays out for flights, mostly business class, and hotels to negotiate lease of Diego Garcia air base ...

The United Kingdom is set to hand over the Chagos Islands to the small nation of Mauritius after the deal received approval from the White House. A spokesman for British Prime Minister Keir ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar -- French President Emmanuel Macron began a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar ...

MPs have slammed Labour’s “disregard” for the environmental consequences of their Chagos Islands surrender. Minister Baroness Chapman confirmed that there has been an agreement with the ...

The UK government is working with Mauritius to finalise a deal on the future of the Chagos Islands, Downing Street has said. Under the proposed agreement, Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the ...

Donald Trump has signed off the controversial Chagos deal - but you won't hear the government shouting about it, in case the volatile president changes his mind.

The global tariffs Trump announced this week include remote territories like Heard and McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean ...

In response to a warning from US President Donald Trump, Iran has threatened to attack the US-UK military base at Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean ...