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

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

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

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

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

The United States on Thursday welcomed the "historic agreement" between the United Kingdom and Mauritius on the exercise of ...

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

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

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

Mauritius, which lies east of Madagascar ... Following a lease agreement with Britain, the U.S. built the naval base at Diego Garcia for defense purposes in the 1970s. The U.S. has described ...

LONDON/PORT LOUIS, (REUTERS) – Britain said on October 3 it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a ...

to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base at Diego Garcia LONDON -- The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long ...