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

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

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 ...

LONDON (AP) — A British court said Thursday that the U.K. can transfer sovereignty over the contested and strategically ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a ...

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

Britain has signed a deal with Mauritius to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands while retaining control of the Diego ...

The deal will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the UK to Mauritius — though Britain will retain control of the largest of the chain of islands, Diego Garcia, which hosts a ...

The Chagos Islands are a strategically significant area, with one of its islands, Diego Garcia, serving as a key military ...

In addition, Diego Garcia’s satellite communications would ... Some £101m a year, plus additional development aid for Mauritius. Some of this will be index linked, but it’s spurious to ...

LONDON - Britain is set to conclude a multi-billion dollar deal over the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp ...

The Chagos Islands are home to Diego Garcia, one of world's most secretive places and home to an important U.S. military base ...