At a time when many may feel that good news has gone the way of the dodo, look no further than the homeland of that ...

Iran has threatened to drag the United States into the conflict by attacking their bases in the region should Washington ...

Healey defends Chagos Islands deal as ‘vital’ to UK’s long-term interests - The Defence Secretary was asked about the upsides ...

China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal - Different claims have been made as to whether or not China ...

Sir Keir Starmer defends the UK's £3.4bn Chagos islands deal after Kemi Badenoch says it is bad value for money.

A panel of UN experts urged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to abandon the agreement reached with Mauritius last month and negotiate a new one.

The deal returns sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius, but will see the UK lease back a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands.

The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.

Story so far: Mauritius won a strategic victory on May 22, 2025, when the United Kingdom (U.K.) officially handed over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands after finalising the political treaty ...

After decades of international legal battles, Britain has finally signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands, home to the US/UK naval and bomber base of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean ...

The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of British control. This controversial deal allows the UK and US to retain joint use of the Diego ...

LONDON (AP) — Bernadette Dugasse was just a toddler when her family was forced to leave her birthplace, the Chagos Islands. She didn’t get a chance to return until she was a grandmother ...