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

The Indian Ocean archipelago had been a British island territory for over half a century, and now returns to neighbouring Mauritius. The deal stipulates that the strategically significant Diego ...

and the Chagos Islands were detached from Mauritius in 1965 to create the British Indian Ocean Territory. In 1966, just two years before Mauritius became independent, the UK agreed to lease the ...

In a clip of an interview with Camilla Tominey on GB News, the former prime minister said: “Get out your maps ... agreed in 1965 when the British Indian Ocean Territory was created.

The Government of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed Thursday to hand over sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory Chagos Islands to Mauritius after two years of talks to bring ...

Chagos Islands are home to a strategic US base, used for bombing missions in wars in Middle East and Afghanistan. Britain's sovereignty over the Chagos islands and America's lease for the Diego ...

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

Mauritius has claimed the archipelago — renamed British Indian Ocean Territory — since its independence in 1968 and garnered increasing international support. In 2019, the International Court ...