Chagos deal sparks uproar as the U.K. pays 30 billion pounds to Mauritius, loses critical territory and gives way to China's ...

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

Mr Tuckwell said many of the Chagossian arrivals have children, and the council had a legal responsibility to find temporary ...

After 50 years of struggle, Chagossians won a major victory over the most powerful governments in the world. David Vine This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important ...

In 2017 China abstained on a UN General Assembly vote which asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to deliver an ...

The Chagos Islands deal is “not perfect” but must be ratified to avoid legal challenges that could threaten UK control of a vital military airbase, peers have said.

RAF Ascension Island is jointly operated by the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Space Force (USSF).

The US had sought out the Chagos Islands as a military base during the Cold War. At the time, Diego Garcia was the only US base between the Mediterranean and the Philippines.

The Chagos Islands deal is “not perfect” but must be ratified to avoid legal challenges that could threaten UK control of a vital military airbase, peers have said. Mauritius is “likely” to resume its ...

The Chagos Islands deal is “not perfect” but must be ratified to avoid legal challenges that could threaten UK control of a vital military airbase, peers have said. Mauritius is “likely ...