The UK Government has confirmed today (Thursday 3 October) that it has reached a political agreement on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. Today’s political agreement is ...

Speaking in the Commons this week, Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty said: “Both sides remain committed to concluding a deal on the future of the Chagos archipelago, which protects the ...

Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The ocean holds what we leave behind — a lost flip-flop, kids’ sand toys, used plastic bottles discarded savagely — but also ...

The global tariffs Trump announced this week include remote territories like Heard and McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean ...

A new future for the Chagos is approaching. On April 1st a British government spokesman said that Britain was finalising a ...

Responding to an urgent question in the Commons, Mr Doughty said: “Both sides remain committed to concluding a deal on the future of the Chagos archipelago, which protects the long-term effective ...

Responding to an urgent question in the Commons, Mr Doughty said: “Both sides remain committed to concluding a deal on the future of the Chagos archipelago, which protects the long-term ...