The UK has asked for "strong protections" for a joint UK-US military base on the Chagos Islands. Britain agreed last year to hand over the archipelago over to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute.

Mauritius, a China ally, is on course to take control of the Indian Ocean archipelago. But the deal remains on ice until Mr ...

Donald Trump’s secretary of state challenged David Lammy over Britain’s deal to give away the Chagos Islands in their first ...

The British government’s negotiation with the Republic of Mauritius to cede the Chagos Islands has been a mess. At time of ...

Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their ...

The UK must hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, even if Donald Trump scuttles the current proposed agreement, the ...

Israeli military says it is still operating in Gaza as dispute with Hamas delays start of ceasefire ...

UK Halts Chagos Islands Deal as US Review Looms The UK government has paused its plans to return the Chagos Islands to ...

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.

seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The retreat on the idyllic northern resort island of Langkawi was the first major ...

The Chagos Islands, or perhaps more correctly, the Chagos Archipelago, are topical once ... achievements their total ignorance of conflict or dispute resolution seems to be totally obscured.