Britain ceded control over the Chagos Archipelago after years of negotiations with Mauritius. India has maintained strong ...

The Republic of Mauritius will regain sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, a group of remote but strategically important ...

The Prime Minister is facing major pressure over what critics said was the 'surrender' of the Indian Ocean archipelago almost 6,000 miles from Britain which is home to the US air station.

The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony.

The British government announced it will hand sovereignty over the Chagos Islands but will maintain a key US-British military ...

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

As part of the deal, the U.K. will retain sovereignty of Diego Garcia for an initial period of 99 years, and will pay ...

Buenos Aires' foreign minister Diana Mondino vowed to seek 'full sovereignty' of the Islands in the South Atlantic, which ...

Other large British Overseas Territories include the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and ...

For years, Mauritius demanded the UK end its control on the Chagos Archipelago. Why was their ownership a matter of ...

The British government made the deal to return all the Chagos Islands, except for Diego Garcia, which holds a U.K.-U.S. Navy base.