Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the ...

Britain struck a deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, while keeping control of ...

By Alistair Smout, Michael Holden and Villen Anganan LONDON/PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Britain said on Thursday it would cede ...

The UK agreed to transfer the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius after 99 years. The initial period allows the UK to manage ...

The UK agreed on Thursday to renounce sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian ...

The agreement ends decades of dispute over Britain’s last African colony, from which thousands of people were forcibly ...

The Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) have, today, reached an agreement ...

The U.K. says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of ...

After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian ...

It will see Mauritius assume sovereignty over the islands, with the UK authorised to exercise the sovereign rights of ...