LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people...

Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to...

The deal will allow people displaced decades ago to make way for an airbase to return home.

The deal will allow people displaced decades ago to make way for an airbase to return home.

The deal includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, which is used by the United States as a military base.

Mauritius will assume sovereignty over the Indian Ocean archipelago while the joint US-UK military base remains on Diego Garcia, the largest of the...

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United Kingdom has agreed to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to secure the operational future of...

Britain is giving up sovereignty of a remote group of islands in return for securing the long-term future of a strategically important military base.

After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean.