Researchers just discovered alarmingly high levels of microplastics in the Chagos Marine Protected Area in the Indian Ocean.

Britain is paying the “going rate as a tenant for… the best defensive real estate in the whole Indian Ocean”, a former Foreign Office chief has said as he backed the Chagos Islands deal that is set to ...

LONDON — Britain must address the potential threat from China when its Indian Ocean deal with Mauritius regarding the Chagos group of islands expires, senior British lawmakers have warned Foreign ...

Chagos Islands deal must be ratified to secure Diego Garcia, peers say Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is ...

The Chagos Islands, an archipelago of 58 islands in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, were given to Britain by France in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars.

Fact check: China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal - Different claims have been made as to whether or not China supports the deal between the UK and Mauritius.