US is amassing B-2 bombers capable of carrying 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs at a little known base in the Indian Ocean ...

Two women born on the Chagos Islands are seeking to take the British government to court over a proposed deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

Two Chagos Islands-born women are taking legal action against the UK government over a proposed sovereignty transfer to ...

Britain struck the agreement in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest ...

Mauritius became independent in 1968 but London retained control of the Chagos, and forcibly displaced up to 2,000 people to make way for the Diego Garcia military base, which it had leased to the ...

China has built up economic and military ties across the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world’s offshore oil and four of the most important maritime chokepoints.

According to the Budget documents, the government aims to industrialise the state through the Mega Master Plan 2050 to ...

The U.S. has described the military base on Diego Garcia ... The talks also became stuck after a change of government in Mauritius and quarrels over how much money the U.K. should pay for the ...