Diego Garcia: What 'Historic' UK Deal Means for US's Indian Ocean Base Published Oct 04, 2024 at 4:38 AM EDT Updated Oct 04, 2024 at 8:43 AM EDT By Ryan Chan ...

India welcomed the UK-Mauritius agreement on the “return of Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago, including Diego Garcia” as it “completes the decolonisation of Mauritius ...

Future of US Diego Garcia Base Unclear Amid Chagos Renegotiation Published Dec 18, 2024 at 1:12 PM EST Updated Dec 18, 2024 at 10:01 PM EST By Amir Daftari ...

The US has deployed six B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia in response to rising tensions with Iran. This move, representing 30% of the USAF’s stealth fleet, serves as a warning to Iran amid ...

Sir Keir Starmer defends the UK's £3.4bn Chagos islands deal after Kemi Badenoch says it is bad value for money.

Why is Chagos Archipelago important? The Chagos Islands are a strategically significant area, with one of its islands, Diego Garcia, serving as a key military base jointly operated by the UK and US.

The U.S. has been operating a military base in Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos archipelago, from the 1970s onward.

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 ...

The draft deal stated a resettlement fund would be created for displaced islanders to help them move back to the islands, apart from Diego Garcia. But details of how that will work remain sketchy.

India supported Mauritius sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. But New Delhi must also be relieved that the United Kingdom, which agreed this month to hand back the disputed Indian Ocean territory ...

Diego Garcia, the largest in the Chagos group in the central Indian Ocean, is about 1,300 miles northeast of Mauritian capital Port Louis. For half a century, it has been a staging area for major ...