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

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

Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of ...

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

Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain ...

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 ...

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

It will see Mauritius assume sovereignty over the islands, with the UK authorised to exercise the sovereign rights of ...

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

The UK and US retain joint military base on Diego Garcia, an atoll in the Indian Ocean for which there have been longstanding ...