The government has put the much-contested Chagos islands deal ‘on hold’ after outcry from Labour backbenchers. The deal would ...

Mauritius and Russia have agreed to strengthen ties, amid fears that the UK was too hasty in deciding to hand over the Chagos ...

“It is no exaggeration to say that Diego Garcia — the largest of the Chagos Islands — hosts the most strategically important U.S. air and logistics base in the Indian Ocean and is vital to ...

I would like to reassure you that the legal and historical contexts of the Chagos Archipelago and the Falkland Islands are very different. UK Ministers have been very clear throughout the process ...

Britain is preparing to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after Donald Trump signed off the controversial deal earlier this month. The agreement will see the UK give up control over the ...

Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Donald Trump has signed off on Keir Starmer's surrender of the Chagos Islands to Mauritus, giving the UK the go-ahead to finalise the handover. No. 10 said the details are now being completed ...

No route to aquatic recovery is more valuable than Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), the biggest and most important in the world being the one around the Chagos Islands. The islands became British ...

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 ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...