The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a UK Overseas Territory situated halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia and comprising the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, itself comprising over 1 ...
The U.K. says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of ...
Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.
The Chagos Archipelago consists of approximately 58 small, flat islands located in the central Indian Ocean. India had ...
Other large British Overseas Territories include the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and ...
India played a pivotal yet understated role in resolving the decades-long dispute over the Chagos archipelago. The historic agreement, which returned sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius after two ...
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain ...
Deal handing sovereignty of British Indian Ocean Territory was reached between UK and Mauritius, with the White House voicing ...
The UK announced on Thursday that it will transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, which form the British Indian Ocean Territory, to Mauritius after more than 50 years of control. The joint ...
The African island nation will assume sovereignty over the archipelago – minus a military base – after a long dispute ...