An agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the United Kingdom back to Mauritius has been cleared by a British court, after being blocked by a last-minute injunction, prompted by a ...

The Prime Minister made the announcement this afternoon after an 11th hour legal bid to halt the handover failed.

A British court has blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, hours hours before ...

The Chagos Islands deal could still be signed on Thursday after an overnight injunction was granted temporarily preventing the plans, the High Court has been told.

A ceremony transferring sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was called off ...

A British court on Thursday was reviewing the government's deal to return the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after ...

High Court judge Julian Goose temporarily blocked the British government from taking any “conclusive or legally binding step ...

A British court halted the UK's plan to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. This move came before an ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been ...

The deal would see Britain give up sovereignty of the island territory to Mauritius and lease back a crucial military base there.