The Government of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed Thursday to hand over sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory Chagos Islands to Mauritius after two years of talks to bring ...

President Emmanuel Macron returned Monday to the French overseas territory of Mayotte ... It's the first stop in a five-day tour of the Indian Ocean. Macron has returned to Mayotte four months ...

In this long arc of strategic base-building, Diego Garcia stands as a contemporary embodiment of Mahan's strategy, providing the United States with unparalleled reach into the Indian Ocean region ...

The India-Pakistan conflict stands as one of the most enduring and dangerous rivalries in the post-colonial world. Born out ...

a tiny island of the British Indian Ocean Territory that hosts a key U.S. military base. The USS Milius arrives at U.S. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia on April 23, 2025. The USS Milius ...

India and Pakistan have fought three full-scale wars since they gained independence from British India in 1947. They’ve also ...

a joint British-American air base in the British Indian Ocean Territory, or Chagos Islands. More U.S. Geological Survey Two more B-52 bombers are now stationed at Diego Garcia, based on a ...

In The Other Mohan in Britain’s Indian Ocean Empire, Amrita Shah investigates the voyages of one of Gandhi’s contemporaries: ...

After being abandoned by failed setters, a rare breed of wild cattle flourished on a remote island in the Southern Indian Ocean.

Fears of an all-out conflict between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have abated with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, but the ...

The Norse ravaged much of Europe for centuries. They were also cosmopolitan explorers who followed trade winds into the Far ...

Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the British Isles, is desperate to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, yet another ...