The 193 United Nations member states on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to demand the UK hand over control of the Chagos islands to Mauritius “as soon as possible”. A total of 116 countries voted in ...

The legislative poll comes as the country celebrates the historic deal last month that saw Britain relinquish sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius following a long-running legal ...

The sliteye shark has been recorded for the first time on the Great Chagos Bank, the world's largest coral atoll structure—marking a major advance in understanding the geographic range of this ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --The United Kingdom says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of Mauritius, thus surrendering the final colony of Britain's ...

Note: This is part one of a three-part series on the proposed handover of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK to Mauritius. Part two — Why the Proposed UK-Mauritius Handover Is Not Required by ...

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U.S.

Note: This is part three of a three-part series on the proposed handover of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK to Mauritius. Part one — Why the Proposed UK-Mauritius Handover Would Be a Strategic Blow ...

A group of indigenous Chagossian people have instructed lawyers to challenge the controversial Chagos deal, in yet another blow to the government’s beleaguered agreement. It comes as the deal faces ...

We are writing to you about the ongoing negotiations between the UK and Mauritian Governments on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. In your statement of November 3, 2022, you ...