The answer should have been a clear “no”. No, the UK does not accept the advisory judgment of the court. No, the UK does not ...

We might as well be governed by the National Union of Students. In pursuit of their juvenile, half-witted anti-colonialism, ...

Prime Minister Starmer hands over the Chagos Islands to its former colony, Mauritius. Detail of an illustration featuring the ...

The special envoy who negotiated the return of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius said Britain is losing more ground to coastal ...

Mauritius says the UK's handing over of the long-contested Chagos Islands draws an important line under the archipelago's colonial history.

Raymonde Desiree was 25 when she was forced to leave her native Chagos Islands as Britain emptied the Indian Ocean ...

The UK has agreed to return the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. This marks the culmination of decades-long negotiations and efforts to decolonize the archipelago.

The United Kingdom agreed on Thursday to give up control of islands that hold a secretive U.S. military base to ...

Mauritius will hold legislative elections on November 10, the presidency announced on Friday, just a day after Port Louis sealed a landmark deal to regain sovereignty over a chain of ...

Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

The UK and US retain joint military base on Diego Garcia, an atoll in the Indian Ocean for which there have been longstanding ...

Other large British Overseas Territories include the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and ...