Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the ...

Keir Starmer says the deal - which involves leasing the Diego Garcia base for 99 years, with the option of another 40 - is in ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been barred from signing it by a British judge.

The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the ...

Mauritius deal to turn over the archipelago shores up Western influence in the Indian Ocean as China tries to increase its ...

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s efforts to strengthen Alaska’s military system and reopen the naval base on a remote Aleutian Island ...

Net overall cost of securing Diego Garcia military base for next 99 years is $4.5B, says Keir Starmer - Anadolu Ajansı ...

A U.S. Navy flight officer has taken command of Guam’s three major military bases and regional installations, as the island ...

But Prime Minister Starmer underscored the significance of being able to lease back the island where the key military base is located. At U.K. military headquarters in Northwood, near London ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base for £101m a year. The prime minister said the deal was the only way to maintain the ...