Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON (AP) — Two women born on the Chagos Islands are seeking to take the British government to court over a proposed deal to ...

LONDON — 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 British government said ...

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An agreement signed this year transfers sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago from the U.K. to Mauritius. This vast expanse in the middle of the Indian Ocean is home to exceptional marine biodiversity ...

After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean. By Mark Landler Reporting from London Britain said on Thursday that ...

On Dec. 8, the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called on the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius to suspend ratification of their agreement regarding Britain’s ...

In a move expected to give India a strategic edge amid increasing Chinese naval activity in the Indian Ocean, India and Mauritius have agreed on setting up a satellite tracking station in Mauritius ...

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Four Chagos islanders have landed on one of the Indian Ocean archipelago's atolls to establish what they say will be a permanent settlement, a move they hope will complicate a ...

LONDON (AP) — The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, after overcoming ...