The British Indian Ocean Territory, established in November 1965, was created to facilitate a joint U.K.-U.S. Indian Ocean military facility on the largest island, Diego Garcia. While originally a ...

Japan launched a devastating offensive in the Indian Ocean, catching the Royal Navy off guard. As the Japanese Navy's powerful fleet under Admiral Chuichi Nagumo stormed the waters near Ceylon (modern ...

Over the past decade, China has built up economic and military ties across the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world’s offshore oil and four of the most important maritime chokepoints.

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The British Indian Ocean Territory faces a 10% tariff. It’s populated only by about 3,000 British and American military personnel and contractors at the Diego Garcia airbase.

Last month, the US blocked a British Indian Overseas Territory (BIOT) court from entering the British territory of Diego Garcia—part of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, and prevented a ...

The British Indian Ocean Territory (as the UK has designated the Chagos Islands) administers the .io website domain name, which has taken on outsized significance among software developers because ...

(Gendarmerie Nationale via AP) This undated photo provided by NGO Medecins du Monde on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, shows a devastated hill on the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after ...