The winds of change that Macmillan spoke of were real, and, as an American statesman famously observed many decades ago, by the 1960s Britain had lost its empire and not yet found a role.

By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the controversial, multi-billion pound move ...

The UK Government’s deal with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands was a bad one, ... which is what the UK has lost through signing up to surrendering UK waters to the EU for 12 years.

LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal ...

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a ...