After almost 59 years of controversial existence, the last vestige of the British Empire in the Indian Ocean, the British ...

The British Island group of Diego Carcia is hidden and a secret to many. However, it's known for its untouchable beauty and ...

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

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a UK Overseas Territory situated halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia and comprising the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, itself comprising over 1 ...

The policy reversal comes as Britain agrees to hand over control of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

A future treaty to that effect will end London's administration of what it currently calls the British Indian Ocean Territory. Diego Garcia, the largest in the Chagos group in the central Indian ...

THE Chagos Islands are an archipelago (group of islands) that have made headlines after the UK agreed to hand sovereignty over the islands to Mauritius.  One of the islands, Diego Garcia, is ...

UNHCR has approved a request by the UK to transfer 36 Sri Lankan asylum seekers from Diego Garcia and Rwanda to a transit ...

Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain ...

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

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a ...