The UK’s decision to give away the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will “get messy” with Donald Trump in the White House, Ed ...

There is “trouble coming” between Washington and London over the Government’s Chagos Islands deal, Lord Hague, has said. Lord ...

The General Assembly’s demand implied that both the ICJ opinion and its own resolution had binding force, when this is not ...

A move is said to be afoot to delay or even halt the transition of the island chain from British control because of rumblings ...

Nigel Farage has claimed there is “outright hostility” in the US to the UK’s deal with Mauritius to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. The Reform UK leader, who has been a long ...

A group fighting for the rights of Britain's overseas territories have written to Donald Trump's new cabinet members to ...

Exclusive: The Independent understands America’s new president-elect is seeking legal advice from Pentagon to challenge ...

The Chagos Islands lie roughly in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about 1,600 km to the south of the southern tip of India.

Mauritius has not yet signed on to the initiative. It remains a vital ally for the west, with Diego Garcia as a base which ...

U.S. President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, Mark Rubio, told POLITICO last month that he fears the deal would ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to give up the Chagos Islands is a “sneaky agreement” that Donald Trump must block, the leader of ...

Here, in short, is an opportunity to right a historic wrong while at the same time preserving the most important Western base in the region.