Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of ...

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the ...

Britain struck a deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, while keeping control of ...

India played a “quiet but important role in the background” during the negotiations, firmly backing the Mauritian position ...

Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

The U.K. will maintain de facto control over Diego Garcia, and the crucial U.S. military facility there, for another 99 years ...

The UK agreed to transfer the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius after 99 years. The initial period allows the UK to manage ...

The British government made the deal to return all the Chagos Islands, except for Diego Garcia, which holds a U.K.-U.S. Navy base.

India played an important role in forging a historic deal between Mauritius and the United Kingdom over the strategically ...

The United States on Thursday welcomed the "historic agreement" between the United Kingdom and Mauritius on the exercise of ...

In 1966, it leased Diego Garcia, the largest island in the archipelago, to the US. About three years after Mauritius became independent in 1968, Britain evicted nearly 2,000 islanders to Mauritius ...