The UN committee has now called on the UK and Mauritius to suspend ratification of the treaty and to resume negotiations with ...

Labour has been accused of "betraying" the UK by handing sovereignty of the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, a close ally of ...

Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls on British, Mauritian governments to suspend ratification of deal on ...

Labour pushed through the 'surrender' of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last night despite concerns of a 'secret deal' between the country and China. Sir Keir Starmer used his massive majority to ...

A U.N. committee on Monday urged Britain and Mauritius not to ratify a deal seeking to settle the future of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, saying it risks perpetuating long-standing ...

GENEVA - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) today expressed deep concern that a recent bilateral agreement between ...

A new framework informed by Stanford-led research and stakeholder convenings balances conservation with cultural heritage and sustainable resettlement of communities removed from an island chain ...

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U.S.

A deal to keep the UK-US military base running in the Chagos Archipelago is projected to see £34.7 billion handed to Mauritius over the next 99 years. Conservative shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti ...

LONDON -- The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, after overcoming last-minute ...