Long before European colonizers sighted the continent, legendary explorer Hui Te Rangiora may have seen Antarctica.

In 1965, the UK controversially detached the Chagos Islands from Mauritius—then a British colony—just three years before granting Mauritius independence, creating the British Indian Ocean ...

SIR KEIR Starmer has agreed a deal signing away sovereignty of the Chagos Islands – costing taxpayers £3.4 billion. The Prime Minister finally concluded negotiations with Mauritius in an agre… ...

The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the controversial move survived an eleventh-hour legal challenge and months of ...

The Defendant is to maintain the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom over the British Indian Ocean Territory until further Order.” The matter returned to the High Court this morning, with both ...

The order, granted at 2.25am, states the government may take "no conclusive or legally binding step to conclude its negotiations concerning the possible transfer of the British Indian Ocean ...

Shambles as High Court STOPS Keir Starmer signing Chagos deal in 2am injunction - hours before PM was due to confirm British territory being handed to Mauritius ...

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a UK Overseas Territory situated halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia and comprising the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, itself comprising ...

Diego Garcia, an atoll and one of the largest of the 52 islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, is geographically part of the Chagos Archipelago -- a British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT ...

But experts say the fresh tariff on British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is unlikely to have any meaningful impact, as it boasts no permanent residents, barring the military and associated ...

Main image, the British Indian Ocean Territory comprising the Chagos Archipelago, provided by the mapping service Earthstar Geographics.