The UK was ceded the territories by the French in 1814. Historically, the ­islands were administered as part of ­Britain’s Mauritius colony. But on ­November 8, 1965, the UK discreetly dismembered the ...

ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA - Britain and Mauritius announced an agreement this week which would cede the UK-administered Chagos ...

It remains to be seen if UK’s ‘handover’ of the islands brings justice to the former inhabitants. Their well-being should be ...

Sir Keir Starmer is set to be forced to hold a Commons vote on the handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

The UK is “resolutely committed to all our Overseas Territories”, the responsible foreign minister said, after Argentina ...

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty has attempted to scotch suggestions that the Falklands and Gibraltar could be next.

The Government said on Thursday it would transfer the strategically important Indian Ocean territory to Mauritius ...

David Lammy, then Labour’s shadow foreign secretary, made a minor splash in Westminster when he floated the concept of ...

We might as well be governed by the National Union of Students. In pursuit of their juvenile, half-witted anti-colonialism, ...

Concerns have been raised over the future of the Falkland Islands after the UK gave up control of a remote archipelago, ...