On 22 May 2025, the United Kingdom and Mauritius signed a bilateral agreement to return sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, to Mauritius to complete the decolonisation of ...

Mr Weston said any "weakening" of the UK's position on Gibraltar and the Chagos would encourage Buenos Aires to push harder on the disputed archipelago.

The Prime Minister last month signed an agreement to cede sovereignty of the stretegically-important Indian Ocean archipelago ...

PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer faces calls to suspend his deal handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius after UN experts criticised its treatment of the Chagossian people.

Sir Keir Starmer defends the UK's £3.4bn Chagos islands deal after Kemi Badenoch says it is bad value for money.

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" ...

A panel of UN experts urged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to abandon the agreement reached with Mauritius last month and negotiate a new one.

Keir Starmer is facing humiliation on the international stage after experts at the United Nations (UN) called for his ...

The deal returns sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius, but will see the UK lease back a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands.

China expresses gratitude to the Indian Navy for their assistance in the rescue operation of a ship with Chinese nationals, ...

The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.