The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The islands have been known as the British Indian Ocean Territory since being administratively ...

A total solar eclipse will occur on August 2, affecting parts of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. This eclipse is ...

It's one island in the Chagos Archipelago. Thousands of Indigenous people who live there on the Chagos Islands were forced from their homeland 50 years ago to make way for that base.

Chagos deal sparks uproar as the U.K. pays 30 billion pounds to Mauritius, loses critical territory and gives way to China's influence ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

Note: This is part three of a three-part series on the proposed handover of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK to Mauritius. Part one — Why the Proposed UK-Mauritius Handover Would Be a Strategic Blow ...

The Diego Garcia base at the Chagos Archipelago. Representatives from the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom held further productive discussions in London this week on the future of the ...

LONDON — Two women born on the Chagos Islands are seeking to take the British government to court over a proposed deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

Note: This is part one of a three-part series on the proposed handover of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK to Mauritius. Part two — Why the Proposed UK-Mauritius Handover Is Not Required by ...