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 ...

Languages: English and Farsi Mauritius, an island country in the Indian ... is home to around 2,500 personnel. The base sits on Diego Garcia, "the largest of 55 islands that form the Chagos ...

open image in gallery Fuel tanks sit at the edge of a miltary airstrip on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major US military base in the middle of the ...

Enduring disputed claims over Diego Garcia, an atoll within the Chagos ... the UK will retain a key strategic military base on the island it shares with the US military for an initial period ...

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 ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

The United States (US) has sent six stealth B-2 bombers to Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean. The island is known as an American military base. As cited from Times of India, satellite ...

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

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 ...

recordings revealed another B-2 bomber departed Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on March 25 bound for Diego Garcia island. The base notably houses all 20 of the Air Force's B-2 bombers.

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