Last week, after six decades of acrimonious legal battles, Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Far from remedying a longstanding injustice, it is ...
(Bloomberg) -- Britain struck a deal allowing it to keeping control of a strategically important UK-US military base in the Indian Ocean for another century, while ceding sovereignty over the Chagos ...
LONDON/PORT LOUIS, (REUTERS) – Britain said on October 3 it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military base, ...
The Pentagon has sent at least six B-2 bombers – 30% of the US Air Force’s stealth bomber fleet – to the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, in what analysts have called a message to Iran as tensions ...
Members of the Trump administration, on the eve of Prime Minister Starmer’s visit to Washington, are livid over a deal negotiated last year by Sir Keir to transfer Britain’s sovereignty over the ...
Just imagine if a 60-strong tropical island chain with the world's largest atoll, a third of the size of the area of all Maldives but far more open to Indian Ocean swells, suddenly appeared on the map ...
Because of Location: The island hosts an American super-strategic airbase (meaning it easily handles heavy bombers and air tankers that can refuel all aircraft), a naval base (a technically elite base ...
As the United States and Iran navigate new opportunities for diplomacy, they do so against the backdrop of both nations having simultaneously escalated their respective military rhetoric, with ...
President Donald Trump has sparked fears of another conflict in the Middle East as B-2 Spirit Stealth bombers were seen heading toward the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, RadarOnline.com can ...
Following Israel’s strikes on Iran, President Trump may deploy US bombers to the Middle East, marking a major air power buildup amid rising regional tensions and potential escalation. The U.S.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retained ...