British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed an agreement Thursday to deliver sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

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

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

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

T he United Kingdom has finalized a historic £3.4 billion agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

Britain is set to sign a deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while also securing the future of the U.K.-U.S. Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, media reported ...

The United Kingdom has officially transferred sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius but the UK retains control of the strategically vital US-UK military base on Diego Garcia through a 99 ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius are set to sign a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming last-minute legal hurdles ...

Too many NATO member states are using budgetary gimmicks to boost their top line defense budgets. NATO needs boosted burden ...

Britain signed an agreement Thursday handing sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government said ensures the future of a ...

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand ... Under the deal, the U.K. can continue leasing the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, keeping the key military facility in British ...