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

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

Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of ...

Britain struck a deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, while keeping control of ...

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

Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give up the islands in 1965 in return for independence from Britain ...

The U.K. says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of ...

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 ...

The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to ...

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

It will see Mauritius assume sovereignty over the islands, with the UK authorised to exercise the sovereign rights of ...