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 ...

Exclusive: The blame game for who was responsible for the UK handing over the key Indian Ocean islands has now dragged in ...

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

The U.K. will maintain de facto control over Diego Garcia, and the crucial U.S. military facility there, for another 99 years ...

In a historic move, the UK will be handing over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius while ...

Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give up the islands in 1965 in return for independence from Britain ...

Britain ceded control over the Chagos Archipelago after years of negotiations with Mauritius. India has maintained strong ...

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

Mauritius will hold legislative elections on November 10, the presidency announced on Friday, just a day after Port Louis ...

LONDON: Britain on Thursday (Oct 3) said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but ...