The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the Chagos archipelago (and the massive US base on Diego Garcia island) to ...

Anglesey, the Isle of Wight and Skye may be household names, but what of Raasay, Foulness and Ulva? The six are all members of Great Britain’s 82-strong island population, as detailed in new ...

The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony. The ...