The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed its support for the UK-Mauritius Chagos archipelago agreement and said that the pact marks a significant milestone in the decolonisation process of ...

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

There are three remote locations Jack Tame has always fanaticised about seeing, and one of them may be accessible now.

Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean is one of the most important US military bases and was used for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ...

F ew places in the world are quite so remote as the 60 or so islands that make up the Chagos Archipelago. Africa sits 3,000km to the west, Indonesia 3,000km to the east; the nearest large land mass is ...

Activists have decried a deal that the UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius with the exception of ...

The agreement to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands has reawakened the debate about the Falklands. Sean O’Grady examines ...

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

Mauritius will hold legislative elections on November 10, the presidency announced on Friday, just a day after Port Louis ...

The UK government has announced that it will transfer sovereignty of a remote cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean to ...

The U.K. will maintain de facto control over Diego Garcia, and the crucial U.S. military facility there, for another 99 years ...

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