The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal that the federal government jettison an infinitesimal portion of its vast land holdings in Nevada and 10 other Western states to spur housing and infrastructure development ...

I’d written 675 words in support of diplomacy over an attack by the United States on Iran. Arguably, diplomacy worked in 2015 when the five permanent members ...

PHOENIX - Calling them "reckless and partisan,'' Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed not one but two separate Republican-backed spending ...

The Chagos Archipelago’s return to Mauritius marks the end of decades of diplomatic conflict between this island nation and ...

At a time when many may feel that good news has gone the way of the dodo, look no further than the homeland of that ...

Until recently, that ban also applied to the other Chagos Islands from which the indigenous Chagossian people were ... leader of the Chagos Refugees Group U.K. Branch, told me.

Story so far: Mauritius won a strategic victory on May 22, 2025, when the United Kingdom (U.K.) officially handed over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands after finalising the political treaty ...

UK News: The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of British control. This controversial deal allows the UK ...

U.K.'s Chagos Islands deal risks entrenching exile of some islanders: rights group As part of the agreement, Mauritius will be able to resettle Chagossian islanders, expelled from the archipelago ...

The Chagos Islands are a strategically significant area, with one of its islands, Diego Garcia, serving as a key military base jointly operated by the UK and US. It monitors the Malacca Strait and ...