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

A treaty finalized by the UK may bring about the end of the .io domain. Last week, the British government announced that it ...

The recent transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius marks the end of the last African colony of the United Kingdom and ...

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 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 ...

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

In a joint statement with Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth, Keir Starmer said that Mauritius will take control of the islands, ...

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

Other large British Overseas Territories include the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and ...

Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago ...

Diego Garcia is off-limits to any non-military personnel. This restriction also applies to the wider British Indian Ocean Territory, which encompasses the islands. Because of these ...

Britain ceded control over the Chagos Archipelago after years of negotiations with Mauritius. India has maintained strong ...