Sir Keir Starmer has signed over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after an earlier challenge was overturned, allowing the ...

The decades-long Chagos islands dispute has finally entered a new chapter. The UK officially agreed to return the sovereignty ...

Keir Starmer says the deal - which involves leasing the Diego Garcia base for 99 years, with the option of another 40 - is in the UK's national interest.

The Government’s announcement of the Chagos Islands deal was temporarily delayed after a legal challenge was launched by ...

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 deal includes a £101 million annual payment to lease the base for 99 years, ...

LONDON — Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a U.S.-U.K. military base that ...

Human Rights Watch criticizes U.K. deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, potentially entrenching Chagossians' exile.

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean that's home to a ...

A British court has blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, hours hours before the agreement was due to be signed ...

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction was overturned, securing itself a lease for the U.S.-UK Diego Garcia air base ...

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U ...