The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the ...

an island country in the Indian Ocean, is reconsidering a deal with the United Kingdom concerning the Chagos Islands, which house a crucial U.S. military base. Despite the new government's ...

India on Wednesday conveyed to the Maldives its readiness to support the island nation in enhancing its defence preparedness as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held “fruitful” talks with his Maldivian ...

The UK Government’s agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands has run into trouble following elections in Mauritius and ...

Diego Garcia is the largest island in the Chagos archipelago ... Diego Garcia is a key strategic location for military operations in the Indian Ocean. Now acting judge of the British Indian ...

South Africa — France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst ...

The island nation's defence minister Mohammed Ghassan Maumoon will hold wide-ranging talks with Defence Minister Rajnath ...

Cyclone Chido ripped through the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte over ... after the French military said it had delivered more than 120 tons of aid. Macron spoke with civilians and officials ...

The Indian Ocean is rich in resources, with 35% gas wealth, almost 40% gold, 60% uranium and two-thirds of world petroleum ...

France mobilized emergency aid on Monday, deploying ships and military aircraft to assist Mayotte, its overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, after the island was devastated by its most severe ...

LONDON — The British government said Wednesday it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago ... from the islands in the 1960s and 1970s so the U.S. military could build ...

Nearly eight months after New Delhi completed pulling out its military personnel from the Maldives, the island nation’s defence minister Mohammed Ghassan Maumoon will pay a three-day visit to India ...