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

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

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

The UK and US retain joint military base on Diego Garcia, an atoll in the Indian Ocean for which there have been longstanding ...

By Alistair Smout, Michael Holden and Villen Anganan LONDON/PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Britain said on Thursday it would cede ...

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

The agreement ends decades of dispute over Britain’s last African colony, from which thousands of people were forcibly ...

After years of negotiations, the UK is giving up its sovereignty over a cluster of strategically important Indian Ocean ...

After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian ...

The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that an agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ...

The Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) have, today, reached an agreement ...

The UK agreed to transfer the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius after 99 years. The initial period allows the UK to manage ...