The archipelago was acquired in the 1960s and a US military base established by displacing the indigenous population to ...

An Argentine regional minister has sparked controversy by claiming his region could become independent, raising fears that it ...

The policy reversal comes as Britain agrees to hand over control of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

The U.N. General Assembly followed that opinion with a resolution demanding that Britain end its "colonial administration" of ...

It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism.  Here was a British government offering ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy was heckled in the House of Commons as he defended the decision to give up UK control over the ...

David Lammy was heckled in the House of Commons as he defended the decision to give up UK control over the Chagos Islands.

Joe Biden pushed the UK into giving up the Chagos Islands over concerns the US would lose control of an important air base, ...

UK foreign secretary says a deal over control of the Chagos Islands will not impact other overseas territories.

F ew places in the world are quite so remote as the 60 or so islands that make up the Chagos Archipelago. Africa sits 3,000km to the west, Indonesia 3,000km to the east; the nearest large land mass is ...