Britain’s government has confirmed that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands ...

International power rivalry is playing out in the Indian Ocean region, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on ...

Britain will give U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's new government the chance to review a deal with Mauritius over the ...

Residents of the French territory of Mayotte braced on Saturday for a storm expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain ...

Election results in Comoros show that the ruling party has won 28 out of 33 seats in Parliament. That means the Convention ...

Officials from the UK and Mauritius had reportedly been hurrying to finalise the deal before US President-elect Donald Trump ...

Cyclone Dikeledi was moving away from the French territory of Mayotte on Sunday but the archipelago will remain under red ...

The UK and Mauritius said they’ve made ‘good progress’ in a round of talks to settle the sovereignty of the Chagos ...

A must-visit is Aapravasi Ghat, a Unesco World Heritage site that served as an immigration depot during the 19th century. It ...

More than two centuries of British control over the Chagos islands are set to end, with the UK preparing to hand ownership of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

19, 2005. (AP Photo/John Marshall Mantel, File) LONDON (AP) — The British government said Wednesday it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a ...

US President-elect Donald Trump will be consulted on the UK’s deal to hand over the Chagos Islands, where there is a joint US ...