The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been ...

A British court has blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, hours hours before ...

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Oil Islands) is an overseas territory of the United ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

Recently, a UK court stepped in at the last moment to pause a significant deal that would have transferred control of the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after an earlier challenge was overturned, allowing the ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

The British government has signed a deal to transfer the Chagos Islands’ sovereignty to Mauritius. But it effectively blocks ...

Before Mauritius Islands became independent in 1968, the UK separated the Chagos archipelago, and later leased the main island Diego Garcia to the United States which established a military base.

Sir Keir Starmer is due to sign off on the Chagos Islands deal on Thursday ... and lease back a crucial military base on the archipelago for 99 years. Following the signing ceremony, MPs will ...