In a historic decision, the UK handed over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after over two centuries of control ...

The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony.

The British government announced it will hand sovereignty over the Chagos Islands but will maintain a key US-British military ...

Conservative leadership hopefuls attack Labour and clash over decision, though there is a historical irony in all this ...

Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

Mauritius is to assume sovereignty over the Chagos Islands following a historic deal which brings a decades-long dispute with ...

Argentina has vowed to gain "full sovereignty" of the Falkland Islands after the UK gave up control of a remote archipelago ...

The Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) have, today, reached an agreement ...

As part of the deal, the U.K. will retain sovereignty of Diego Garcia for an initial period of 99 years, and will pay ...

Buenos Aires' foreign minister Diana Mondino vowed to seek 'full sovereignty' of the Islands in the South Atlantic, which ...

Argentina vowed Thursday to “recover” the Falkland Islands from Britain, after the U.K. government gave up control of a ...

Other large British Overseas Territories include the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and ...