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

Exclusive: The blame game for who was responsible for the UK handing over the key Indian Ocean islands has now dragged in ...

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

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

India played an important role in forging a historic deal between Mauritius and the United Kingdom over the strategically ...

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

The British government made the deal to return all the Chagos Islands, except for Diego Garcia, which holds a U.K.-U.S. Navy base.

This historic move will also handover the sovereignty of Diego Garcia - which is one of the islands in Chagos used by the ...

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

Mauritius will hold legislative elections on November 10, the presidency announced on Friday, just a day after Port Louis ...

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

In a landmark pact, the UK recognizes Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, including Diego Garcia, amid Indian ...