A prospective deal on returning the Chagos islands to Mauritius will ensure the United States maintains its strategic military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago, Mauritius's prime minister said ...

A terrifying map of Britain’s vital overseas territories has emerged showing what Starmer and Lammy could give away next in a ...

UK'S Lammy Says It Is 'Right' US Reviews Chagos Islands Deal LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's foreign secretary David Lammy said it was right that the new U.S. administration has the chance to review a ...

UK Says a Deal on the Chagos Islands Won't Be Finalized Until Trump Is Consulted LONDON (AP) — Britain's government confirmed Wednesday that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty ...

Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Britain’s government has confirmed that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is ...