The multibillion-dollar deal will allow Britain to retain control of the strategically important U.S.-UK air base on Diego ...

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

The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of British administration. The ...

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday signed an agreement transferring sovereignty over the Chagos ...

Under the agreement, the United Kingdom will pay Mauritius 101 million pounds ($136 million) per year to lease back the Chagos Island base for at least 99 years.

The United Kingdom has signed an agreement to return the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius while maintaining a joint military ...

Some Chagos Islands-born protesters said the deal jeopardizes the limited the rights they have to visit the islands, including to tend the graves of relatives.

Sir Keir Starmer said the agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius secured the ‘vital’ Diego Garcia military base.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Thursday he had signed a contentious deal to return the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a judge paved the way for the deal ...

LONDON — Britain signed an agreement Thursday handing sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands ...