The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed its support for the UK-Mauritius Chagos archipelago agreement and said that the pact marks a significant milestone in the decolonisation process of ...

The UK-Mauritius agreement over the Chagos Archipelago marks a significant step in decolonization, allowing Mauritius ...

On the second day of the row over the Chagos Islands, Sir Keir Starmer has defended the government’s decision to hand over ...

The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century. The deal – reached after years of ...

The UK and US retain joint military base on Diego Garcia, an atoll in the Indian Ocean for which there have been longstanding ...

Concerns have been raised over the future of the Falkland Islands after the UK gave up control of a remote archipelago - a ...

Britain announced on Thursday, the 3rd of October, that it would transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a ...

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

LONDON (AP) -- The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to ...

The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US ...

As part of the deal, the U.K. will retain sovereignty of Diego Garcia for an initial period of 99 years, and will pay ...

Chagossians claim they were repeatedly refused the chance to take part in negotiations behind the historic deal.