Prime Minister Starmer hands over the Chagos Islands to its former colony, Mauritius. Detail of an illustration featuring the ...

The UK is returning Chagos Islands to Mauritius after more than half a century. Chagos is a cluster of strategically important islands in the Indian Ocean. The largest among them is Diego Garcia, ...

Mauritius says the UK's handing over of the long-contested Chagos Islands draws an important line under the archipelago's colonial history.

It will strengthen our role in safeguarding global security, shut down any possibility of the Indian Ocean being used as a ...

While the UK and US retain a key strategic military base in the Indian Ocean, the two governments remain apprehensive over ...

The UK has agreed to return the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. This marks the culmination of decades-long negotiations and efforts to decolonize the archipelago.

WASHINGTON >> The Dodo, the famous flightless bird that inhabited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, is a case study in extinction caused by humans. The Dodo, finely adapted to its isolated ...

The President of the Republic of Mauritius, Prithvirajsing Roopun, said on Friday the island nation would hold a general ...

The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to ...

Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give up the islands in 1965 in return for independence from Britain ...

Mauritius will hold legislative elections on November 10, the presidency announced on Friday, just a day after Port Louis ...

The UK government has announced that it will transfer sovereignty of a remote cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean to ...