Mauritius deal to turn over the archipelago shores up Western influence in the Indian Ocean as China tries to increase its ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming ...

A British court said Thursday that the UK can transfer sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control ...

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

Mauritius has said that India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has supported the signing of the agreement between the island ...

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

The injunction was the latest legal challenge to the deal brought by members of the Chagossian diaspora who were forcibly ...

LONDON - Britain is set to conclude a multi-billion dollar deal over the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp ...

Meanwhile voters in Mauritius ousted the government that made the deal, and new Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam backed away from it, citing financial concerns. Ramgoolam suggested that the initial ...

A ceremony transferring sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was called off ...

The prime minister of Mauritius, Navin Ramgoolam, hailed the deal as a "great victory for the Mauritian nation," and said, "We are completing the process of total decolonization." The deal comes ...