The island hosts an American super-strategic airbase (meaning it easily handles heavy bombers and air tankers that can refuel ...

The island is named Diego Garcia, the biggest little island in the Indian Ocean's isolated Chagos Archipelago. Never heard of ...

Navin Ramgoolam says the acceptance of a US presence shows he is willing to find common ground.

President Trump must intervene to prevent this handover, which would damage U.S. national security and ultimately play into China's hands.

The Chagos Islands are a tiny group of some 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, south of India between Africa and Australia. Britain set up the base on Diego Garcia after gaining control of the Chagos ...

The UK government has denied claims made by the prime minister of Mauritius that it faces paying billions more under a ...

A satellite communications system used by the US and UK to run military operations is central to efforts by Britain to resolve the sovereignty of the Chagos islands, UK security officials familiar ...

The Mauritius government also denied the reports. Britain struck a deal in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius - a former colony that became independent in 1968 - while ...

The Chagos Islands deal could “dangerously” fracture the UK’s relationship with the US, Nigel Farage said, as he warned it could prevent future free trade agreements with America.

Britain and Mauritius Deny Reports the Cost of Chagos Islands Deal Has Doubled By Andrew MacAskill and Villen Anganan LONDON/PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Britain and Mauritius denied on Wednesday media ...

Britain's government insisted Thursday that it must hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to secure continued access to satellite communications at a key US-UK military base. The Labour ...