The United Kingdom has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, following a High Court ruling that has cleared the way for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to formalise the ...

Britain on Thursday agreed to transfer sovereignty of the strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, resolving a long-standing colonial-era dispute. The Indian Ocean archipelago is home to ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain signed an agreement Thursday handing sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government said ensures the future ...

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The archipelago in the Indian Ocean is home to a ...

Under the agreement, the UK will pay Mauritius €120 million each year to lease back their military base for at least 99 years. The United Kingdom has signed an agreement handing over control of ...

The islands were once part of colonised Mauritius and controlled by Britain after Mauritius gained independence in 1968.

The Chagos Islands have been the subject of a long-running legal dispute between the UK and Mauritius (Yui Mok/PA) Former residents of the Chagos Islands were consulted on the deal to hand over ...

(Bloomberg) -- The UK agreed to cede an Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius while retaining control of a strategic military base on one of the islands, ending a long-running negotiation that had ...

Mauritius, long celebrated for its natural beauty, is now stepping forward with a message of global significance: the ocean can no longer wait and neither can we. The Government of Mauritius ...

India on Thursday (May 22, 2025) welcomed the U.K.'s decision to hand over the sovereignty of Chagos Islands including tropical atoll of Diego Garcia to Mauritius under a historic deal.