The council has seen its migrant housing bill soar to £18 million after an influx of Chagos Islanders increased existing ...

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

The U.S. gains a major military advantage in the Indo-Pacific from Diego Garcia's location, about 2,200 miles from Iran and 3 ...

Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing ...

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.

Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a US-UK military base that is vital to ...

The deal involves leasing back a crucial military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the Chagos Islands, for 99 years.

Deal will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the UK to Mauritius This satellite image released and taken on April 2, 2025 by Planet Labs PBC shows six American B-2 bomber planes on ...

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

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