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

In a fast-moving world, suffused by conflict and political uncertainty, it might seem odd for the UK government to surrender ...

Under the agreement, the United Kingdom will pay Mauritius 101 million pounds ($136 million) per year to lease back the Chagos Island base for at least 99 years.

The United Kingdom has signed an agreement to return the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius while maintaining a joint military ...

Some Chagos Islands-born protesters said the deal jeopardizes the limited the rights they have to visit the islands, including to tend the graves of relatives.

Sir Keir Starmer said the agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius secured the ‘vital’ Diego Garcia military base.

LONDON (AP) — A British court said Thursday that the U.K. can transfer sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, overturning a block that was imposed hours ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Thursday he had signed a contentious deal to return the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a judge paved the way for the deal ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming ...