The Chagos Islands are a strategically significant area, with one of its islands, Diego Garcia, serving as a key military ...

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

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

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction ...

The Chagos Islands are home to Diego Garcia, one of world's most secretive places and home to an important U.S. military base ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been barred from signing it by a British judge ...

UN says it welcomes the signing of the agreement between UK government and the government of the Republic of Mauritius ...

A British court has lifted a block on the U.K. government handing the disputed Chagos Islands to Mauritius. A High Court ...

Early on Thursday, an emergency injunction from the High Court had stopped the government from concluding the Chagos Island agreement to hand over sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius.

As part of the deal, the UK will lease back a military base on the archipelago for 99 years. Robert Jenrick, the former justice secretary, told Sky News that the Chagos Islands deal is a "sell-out ...

The Chagos Islands have been under British control since 1814, when they were ceded by France. The archipelago is best known for the military base on Diego Garcia, which has supported U.S ...