The U.K. says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of ...

After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian ...

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement secures the vital military base at Diego Garcia, the largest in the ...

The U.K. will maintain de facto control over Diego Garcia, and the crucial U.S. military facility there, for another 99 years ...

The British government made the deal to return all the Chagos Islands, except for Diego Garcia, which holds a U.K.-U.S. Navy base.

The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony.

India played an important role in forging a historic deal between Mauritius and the United Kingdom over the strategically ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --The United Kingdom says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of Mauritius, thus surrendering the final colony of ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --The United Kingdom says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of Mauritius, thus surrendering the final colony of ...

The agreement to hand over the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius includes the tropical coral reef complex of Diego Garcia ...

UK separated islands from Mauritius when granting it independence & expelled inhabitants when it allowed US to set up ...