Labour has told Donald Trump he cannot purchase the Chagos Islands to stop the "surrender" deal from being forced through. Foreign Office Minister Hamish Falconer insisted there was no option by which ...

DONALD Trump cannot buy the Chagos Islands to unblock Britain’s stalled Mauritius deal, a minister declared today. The warning comes as the future of the strategic Indian Ocean archipelago remains ...

Diego Garcia, one of the Chagos Islands, has been a UK and US airbase since the 1960s - Getty Russia has pushed for Mauritius to take control of the Chagos Islands from Britain. Moscow’s support for ...

Tribunal rules that Home Office wrongly cut off access to public funds for three Tamils rescued by Royal Navy in 2021 ...

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Members of the Chagosian community have held protests outside the UK Parliament to voice strong opposition to the government’s decision to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

How the little-known atoll of Diego Garcia is becoming another flashpoint in the global contest between the U.S. and China ...

With the war underway in the Middle East and the likely unfavorable conditions for a Red Sea transit this spring, the migrating cruising fleet in Asia has started to alter plans. Some, as we reported ...

ECB policymakers urge caution as volatile oil prices shake markets. Europe faces mounting economic and geopolitical strain as major developments unfold across the region. Volkswagen plans deep job ...

A strategically important base is the setting for a new version of an old story about colonialism, exile, sovereignty, and the projection of power ...

London's High Court rejected a legal challenge against Britain's agreement with Mauritius over Chagos Islands sovereignty. The deal retains British control of the Diego Garcia military base under a 99 ...

The Reform chief Nigel Farage reportedly boasted to supporters last week he would be jetting to Florida to dine at the US President Donald Trump's resort in Palm Beach ...