The decades-long Chagos islands dispute has finally entered a new chapter. The UK officially agreed to return the sovereignty ...

LONDON (AP) — A British court said Thursday that the U.K. can transfer sovereignty over the contested and strategically ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the ...

Britain’s government has acknowledged that its removal of islanders was wrong, and has granted many citizenship and set aside ...

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 ...

As UK hands over Chagos Islands to Mauritius for £101 million a year in last-minute deal, here's all you need to know about ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

May 22 (UPI) --The British government signed-off Thursday on ceding the Chagos Islands back over to Mauritius after a last-minute court ruling delayed the transfer of international territory.

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U ...