The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the ...

By Alistair Smout, Michael Holden and Villen Anganan LONDON/PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Britain said on Thursday it would cede ...

Exclusive: The blame game for who was responsible for the UK handing over the key Indian Ocean islands has now dragged in ...

Britain struck a deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, while keeping control of ...

India played a “quiet but important role in the background” during the negotiations, firmly backing the Mauritian position ...

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

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

The United Kingdom agrees to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. India and the United States support ...

Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give up the islands in 1965 in return for independence from Britain ...

The UK agreed to transfer the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius after 99 years. The initial period allows the UK to manage ...

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