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

Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of ...

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

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 UK agreed on Thursday to renounce sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian ...

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

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.

Critics in Britain fear this would open access to China, but a British-US military base will remain even after Mauritius ...

The UK and US retain joint military base on Diego Garcia, an atoll in the Indian Ocean for which there have been longstanding ...

UK said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people ...

It will see Mauritius assume sovereignty over the islands, with the UK authorised to exercise the sovereign rights of ...