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President Trump’s criticism reversed his administration’s previous support for the deal, in which Britain relinquished control of the Chagos Islands, site of a joint U.S.-British base.

President Trump has criticized a deal between Britain and Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, calling it "an act of GREAT STUPIDITY." ...

President Trump on Tuesday defended his sharply worded Truth Social post blasting the United Kingdom over a controversial ...

Hidden in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia is an island people talk about more than they ever see. It is one of ...

Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 2,000 miles from the East African coast, boasts clear-blue waters, pristine beaches — and a US-UK military base at the heart of the great-power chess ...

"The Maldives’ claim to the Chagos Islands is historic, cultural, economic, and environmental," President Muizzu told Newsweek.

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Over time, Crocodylus porosus achieved one of the widest ranges among reptiles. Before extinction in Seychelles, the species ...

Globally, the country is well-known as the 'Pearl of the Indian Ocean.' This name signifies the uniqueness present in the ...

In 1971, London gassed the natives’ pets to give the U.S. its most strategic base in the Indian Ocean. Today, the atoll is a ...

Cyclone Chida, a powerful category four storm, ripped through communities in the southern Indian Ocean off the coast of east Africa over the weekend, devastating the French territory of Mayotte in the ...