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The UK has signed a 99-year agreement with Mauritius to retain operational control of the Diego Garcia base, a key UK-US ...

Bernadette Dugasse, displaced from her birthplace on the Chagos Islands as a toddler, struggles with the injustice faced by ...

UK Surrendering Control of Chagos Islands to Mauritius In a move that raises serious national security concerns, the British government has announced the transfer of control over the strategic Chagos ...

The agreement puts an end to decades of litigation and helps Britain retain access to Diego Garcia, home to a joint U.S.-U.K.

The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the ...

LONDON — Britain signed an agreement Thursday handing sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been ...

In a shocking turn of events that has alarmed national security experts, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has signed a controversial agreement transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

The United Kingdom has formally signed an agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while securing a 99-year lease on the ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed an agreement Thursday to deliver sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

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