The island hosts an American super-strategic airbase (meaning it easily handles heavy bombers and air tankers that can refuel ...

Donald Trump’s US administration will have a seat at talks over the future of the Chagos Islands, the Mauritian prime ...

President Trump must intervene to prevent this handover, which would damage U.S. national security and ultimately play into China's hands.

The current deal involves Britain paying Mauritius £90 million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the US military ...

For the record, China has pursued a decadely war of strategic position in the South China Sea, turning reefs into artificial islands and seizing Filipino waters. In 2016, the U.N.'s Hague's ...

Britain's government insisted Thursday that it must hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to secure continued access to ...

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home five decades after being expelled by Britain, but with Donald Trump in the ...

The UK has denied the cost of handing over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... pay to lease back the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia. The Government argues that international legal rulings on ...

Mr Starmer "underlined the need for a deal to secure the military base ... Chagos Islands have been the subject of diplomatic controversy for decades, with the UK retaining sovereignty of the ...

while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. However, Ramgoolam, who was elected in November, ...