Chagos deal sparks uproar as the U.K. pays 30 billion pounds to Mauritius, loses critical territory and gives way to China's ...

Diego Garcia is home to lush vegetation dotted with palm and coconut trees, pristine white sand beaches surrounded by ...

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

Migrants stranded for years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will be offered the right to come to the UK, under a government proposal. Around 60 Sri Lankan Tamils have spent more than ...

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

Diego Garcia was crucial to the US-led so-called "war on terror" and the US military used the island to launch attacks on Afghanistan after 9/11, and on Iraq during the 2003 invasion.

What is there, what aircraft operate from it, and why could it become a critical link in any future conflict in the Middle ...

A U.S. attack on Iran's key underground nuclear facility would not be a guaranteed success, according to a national security ...