Diego Garcia, an atoll and one of the largest of the 52 islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, is geographically part of the Chagos Archipelago -- a British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which is ...

(Bloomberg) -- Mauritius’s new prime minister ordered an independent review of a deal with Britain involving a strategically important US-UK military base ... of the Chagos archipelago to ...

Britain and Mauritius are finalising a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed UK territory that is home to a major US military base, the UK government said Tuesday.

The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain purchased the ...

Britain evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base. Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago, and in recent years ...

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing ... the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base. Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago and in recent years ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the U.K ...