Pope Leo XIV has said he is "delighted" the UK has agreed to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Speaking to a delegation ...

All peoples, even the smallest and weakest, must be respected by the powerful in their identity and rights, particularly the ...

The Pope has described Sir Keir Starmer’s surrender of the Chagos Islands as a “significant victory” that has repaired a ...

The pontiff met in the Vatican with former residents of Diego Garcia, the island in the Indian Ocean, who were removed in the ...

Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean, must fend off claims by the U.K. and U.S., writes Geoffrey Robertson. Geoffrey Robertson Published Jun. 9 2012 4:45AM EDT Matt Dunham / AP Photo ...

The base at Diego Garcia enables the U.S. to conduct operations in support of regional stability and provide rapid crisis response, the U.S. Seventh Fleet said.

Britain took control of the Chagos Islands, of which Diego Garcia is part, from its then colony, Mauritius, in 1965 and went on to evict its population of more than 1,000 people to make way for ...

Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is a paradise of lush vegetation and white-sand beaches, surrounded by crystal blue waters. But this is no tourist destination.

Diego Garcia, a UK-owned island 1,100 miles from the nearest major landmass, is a militarised and off-limits atoll at the centre of a territorial dispute with Mauritius.

Unlike Guam, Diego Garcia has no inhabitants resisting the US military. All of the island’s residents were forcibly removed in the early 1970s.