The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...

Around 2,000 Chagos residents were forcibly removed to make way for the building of the military base on Diego Garcia. In 2019, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued its “advisory ...

Mauritius wins sovereignty over Chagos Islands from UK, leasing Diego Garcia naval base, amid political and legal battles.

The U.K. recognized the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius’ claim to the Chagos Archipelago in an agreement signed May 22. While Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam praised the deal, it ...

The Prime Minister, Dr the Hon Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP, chaired today a meeting on the visit to be undertaken by a high-level delegation to the Chagos Archipelago, following the ...

India has expressed its support for the treaty signed between the United Kingdom and Mauritius, which aims to restore Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia ...

Chagos Islands: What is the UK-Mauritius deal on archipelago and what's India's stance on it? Explained The Chagos Islands are a strategically significant area, with one of its islands, Diego ...

The archipelago is best known for the military base on Diego Garcia, which has supported US military operations from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan.

LONDON – The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, after overcoming last ...

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction was overturned, securing itself a lease for the U.S.-UK Diego Garcia air ...

Britain on Thursday signed a deal giving sovereignty to the strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius yet retaining control of a US-UK military base as it claimed China along with Russia ...