The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the ...

In the early 1970s, Britain evicted almost 2,000 residents to Mauritius and the Seychelles to make way for an airbase on ...

Britain struck a deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, while keeping control of ...

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

India played a “quiet but important role in the background” during the negotiations, firmly backing the Mauritian position ...

Mauritius go also dey able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia wia di UK go ...

However, crucially, Britain and the United States will retain control of the Chagos island of Diego Garcia, where the allies ...

The UK agreed to transfer the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius after 99 years. The initial period allows the UK to manage ...

The United Kingdom agrees to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. India and the United States support ...

Critics in Britain fear this would open access to China, but a British-US military base will remain even after Mauritius ...

India played an important role in forging a historic deal between Mauritius and the United Kingdom over the strategically ...

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