The United States (US) has sent six stealth B-2 bombers to the remote island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base.

The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain purchased the ...

In a tatty office in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, Olivier Bancoult points to the tricolour flag on the wall. It is that of the Chagos Islands, the largest of which, Diego Garcia ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Britain evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base. Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the ...

In the 1960s and 1970s Britain evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base. Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago ...

Britain and Mauritius are finalising a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed UK territory that is home to a major US military base, the UK government said Tuesday.