Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US ...

Exclusive: The blame game for who was responsible for the UK handing over the key Indian Ocean islands has now dragged in ...

While the UK and US retain a key strategic military base in the Indian Ocean, the two governments remain apprehensive over ...

Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give up the islands in 1965 in return for independence from Britain ...

After years of negotiations, the UK is giving up its sovereignty over a cluster of strategically important Indian Ocean ...

Mauritius, with support from India, was able to secure a historic deal with the UK. Under the deal, US will continue to ...

As part of the deal, the U.K. will retain sovereignty of Diego Garcia for an initial period of 99 years, and will pay ...

The British government made the deal to return all the Chagos Islands, except for Diego Garcia, which holds a U.K.-U.S. Navy base.

LONDON: Britain on Thursday (Oct 3) said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but ...

LONDON/PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - On Thursday 3 October 2024, the United Kingdom said it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos ...

The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to ...