The UK signed a deal transferring the sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Islands to Mauritius, and lease Diego Garcia ...

Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the ...

The agreement would see Britain hand back the Indian Ocean archipelago to its former colony and pay to lease a key US-UK ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.