The UK was ceded the territories by the French in 1814. Historically, the ­islands were administered as part of ­Britain’s Mauritius colony. But on ­November 8, 1965, the UK discreetly dismembered the ...

David Lammy, then Labour’s shadow foreign secretary, made a minor splash in Westminster when he floated the concept of ...

The United Kingdom agreed on Thursday to give up control of islands that hold a secretive U.S. military base to ...

The U.K. will maintain de facto control over Diego Garcia, and the crucial U.S. military facility there, for another 99 years ...

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed its support for the UK-Mauritius Chagos archipelago agreement and said that ...

After more than half a century of dispute, the United Kingdom reached a “historic agreement” with Mauritius on Thursday ...

The Prime Minister said the agreement with Mauritius secures the long-term future of a joint UK-US military base.

Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

Other large British Overseas Territories include the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and ...

The British government made the deal to return all the Chagos Islands, except for Diego Garcia, which holds a U.K.-U.S. Navy base.

India played an important role in forging a historic deal between Mauritius and the United Kingdom over the strategically ...

UK separated islands from Mauritius when granting it independence & expelled inhabitants when it allowed US to set up ...