Antofagasta, a city in northern Chile, has become the first in Latin America to meet 100% of its drinking water needs with ...

The UK on Thursday signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia military ...

UN says it welcomes the signing of the agreement between UK government and the government of the Republic of Mauritius ...

LONDON (AP) — Bernadette Dugasse was just a toddler when her family was forced to leave her birthplace, the Chagos Islands.

Dugasse, 68, has spent most of her life in the Seychelles and the U.K., wondering what it would be like to set foot on the ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control ...

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

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

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 governments of Britain and Mauritius are set to sign a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming last-minute legal hurdles ...

People demonstrate outside the High Court in London, Thursday, May 22, 2025, after a British court blocked the U.K. from ...