Envoy Jonathan Powell slams critics of UK deal saying China fears are 'rubbish' - Powell stresses the pact was first ...

The British government announced it will hand sovereignty over the Chagos Islands but will maintain a key US-British military ...

LONDON (AP) -- The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to ...

Conservative leadership hopefuls attack Labour and clash over decision, though there is a historical irony in all this ...

Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

As part of the deal, the U.K. will retain sovereignty of Diego Garcia for an initial period of 99 years, and will pay ...

The British government made the deal to return all the Chagos Islands, except for Diego Garcia, which holds a U.K.-U.S. Navy base.

The agreement ends decades of dispute over Britain’s last African colony, from which thousands of people were forcibly ...

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

Nigel Farage has claimed that “our American allies will be furious and Beijing delighted” after Sir Keir Starmer gave up the ...

Three months in and Labour are already leaving us weaker and opening the door to our rivals. Keir Starmer’s legalism, not ...