The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos ...

With British PM Keir Starmer seeking ‘strong protections’ for the US-British base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago is ...

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

A British minister denied on Wednesday media reports that the government could end up paying billions of pounds more to ...

The British government was grilled in parliament on Wednesday as it denied claims by Mauritius that a new deal to return the ...

The island’s location, as shown in the Google Maps screenshot below, offers great strategic value to America both for defense and offense. Diego Garcia (Google Maps) The base is a difficult ...

Mauritius welcomes the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump examining a deal reached by Britain and Mauritius over the ...

In Germany, thousands protest far-right immigration bill  On Sunday, around 160,000 protesters took to the streets of Berlin ...

Sir Keir Starmer has defended the controversial Chagos Islands deal after the Conservative leader branded it an "immoral ...

The fishermen had ventured into sea on December 29, 2024, from Thengapattinam harbour on a mechanised boat owned by J. Paul Surgen from Thoothoor, and were detained near the Diego Garcia island in ...

Britain struck a deal in October to hand over control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while retaining control of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago ...

Officials from the UK and Mauritius had reportedly been hurrying to finalise the deal before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office on 20 January.View on euronews ...