The policy reversal comes as Britain agrees to hand over control of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

Islanders who had to leave their distant Indian Ocean home for a U.S. military base half a century ago protested outside the ...

The U.N. General Assembly followed that opinion with a resolution demanding that Britain end its "colonial administration" of ...

It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism.  Here was a British government offering ...

The Government’s decision to cede the Chagos islands to Mauritius is a national scandal. Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy ...

David Lammy was heckled in the House of Commons as he defended the decision to give up UK control over the Chagos Islands.

Joe Biden pushed the UK into giving up the Chagos Islands over concerns the US would lose control of an important air base, ...

UK foreign secretary says a deal over control of the Chagos Islands will not impact other overseas territories.

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