Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base.

Diego Garcia, an atoll and one of the largest of the 52 islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, is geographically part of the Chagos Archipelago -- a British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which is ...

The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain purchased the ...

A chunk of British Indian Ocean Territory is the remote Chagos archipelago, embroiled in a long-running dispute between the U.K. government and Mauritius. The largest Chagos island hosts the joint ...

It means formal sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT ... but the position will be that the BIOT – comprising the Chagos Islands and the military base – will be transferred ...

The B-2 bombers were sent to the island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago as part of the U.S. military's build-up in the region.

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Britain and Mauritius are finalising a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed UK territory that is home to a major US military base, the UK government said Tuesday.

The plan means the UK will hand sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius and ... base The controversial deal to give up the Chagos Isalnds is being “finalised” after ...

What will it take for Britain to atone for the sins of its past? For our self-flagellating elites to accept we must draw a ...

Is Daylight Saving Time (DST) in effect in British Indian Ocean Territory?