China has built up economic and military ties across the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world’s offshore oil and ...

This American air-base in the Indian Ocean has been part of US-UK talks as London plans to hand the island over to Mauritius.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Mauritius on Tuesday for talks on upgrading strategic ties, days after ...

After US President Donald Trump’s go-ahead, the United Kingdom and Mauritius are expected to seal the Chagos Islands deal ...

The island is named Diego Garcia, the biggest little island in the Indian Ocean’s isolated Chagos Archipelago. Never heard of it? Consult the map — it’s south of India and kinda sorta ...

Britain is seeking to finalize a deal on handing sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after U.S. President Donald ...

Modi’s visit comes amid efforts to step up engagement with an Indian Ocean country of strategic importance where Beijing’s ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was inclined to back a deal between Britain and Mauritius over the future of a U.S.-UK military base in the Chagos Islands, in a boost ...

The Chagos Archipelago, a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, has been a point of contention since the UK retained control of it following Mauritius’ independence in 1968.

India supports Mauritius in revisiting a deal with the UK over the Chagos Islands, discussed during Prime Minister Modi's visit to Mauritius. The UK had announced plans to transfer sovereignty of ...