In the event of conflict between Washington and Tehran, the remote base Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia would likely play a ...

This small, mysterious island is 2,362 miles due west of Jakarta ... the Chagossians between 1968 and 1973, as the Diego Garcia base was established. Thus, beyond this martial presence, these ...

Diego Garcia, the air base the US may use if it decides to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, is a speck of an island in the Indian Ocean that few associate with the Middle East. But the US has ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base for £101m a ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control ...

Mauritius deal to turn over the archipelago shores up Western influence in the Indian Ocean as China tries to increase its foothold, but islanders wonder if they'll be able to go home again.

including Diego Garcia." But Prime Minister Starmer underscored the significance of being able to lease back the island where the key military base is located. At U.K. military headquarters in ...

The UK government will lease back the base from Mauritius at a cost ... This was done to make way for the leasing of Diego Garcia, the largest island in the 50-island archipelago, to the US ...

It comes after Chagossian campaigners submitted a formal legal communication to the UN as part of an attempt to challenge the ...

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that is critical to the Five Eyes alliance.

Keir Starmer had been temporarily banned signing off on the Chagos Islands deal by a High Court judge - but the injunction was lifted hours later after an emergency hearing ...