Pope Leo XIV blesses a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary during a meeting at the Vatican Aug. 23, 2025, with refugees and ...

Diego Garcia, the largest in the Chagos group in the central Indian Ocean, is about 1,300 miles northeast of Mauritian capital Port Louis. For half a century, it has been a staging area for major ...

Pope Leo XIV strongly affirmed the right of people to return to their homes after an unjust exile, issuing the message during ...

The island of Diego Garcia, home to one of the most mysterious US military bases, is plagued by controversy and entangled in ...

With diplomacy all but stalled between Washington and Tehran after the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites amid clashes ...

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement will secure the future of the base at Diego Garcia, the largest in the chain of remote islands off the tip of India that has been under ...

Diego Garcia is roughly 1,000 miles from the nearest landmass. There are no commercial flights or permitted seacraft to get there. Visitors must have a permit to be on land.

Only by acknowledging Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos, including Diego Garcia, can the United States ensure that its military base is placed on a sustainable – and legal – footing.

Diego Garcia served as a launch pad for U.S. bombers during the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. But Mauritius has mounted a concerted international push in recent years to ...

Pope Leo XIV calls the Chagossians’ exile 'a grave injustice,' urges respect for their right to live in their homeland ...