We do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country.” So wrote Lord Balfour as Foreign Secretary in 1919, referring to the views of the ...

On May 22, the United Kingdom signed an agreement with Mauritius that would transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.

Feb 3 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump recognised the "strategic importance" ...

DONALD Trump has been urged by senior White House officials to block Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial Chagos deal by enforcing a historic treaty dating back to 1966. This comes after the Don ...

Britain agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in May 2025 -- a move described by US President Donald Trump as "an act of great stupidity" on Tuesday. The remote Indian Ocean archipelago was ...

LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has turned his fire on a deal between Britain and Mauritius to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested Indian Ocean archipelago that is home to ...

"The Maldives’ claim to the Chagos Islands is historic, cultural, economic, and environmental," President Muizzu told Newsweek.

It was hardly a ringing endorsement of the deal. But it could have been a lot worse.

Donald Trump has accused the United Kingdom of “stupidity” over its plan to hand over ownership of the Chagos Islands, including the US air base on Diego Garcia, to Mauritius.