The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the ...

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign ...

transported around the world and interrogated in secret prisons under the auspices of the CIA, but without legal oversight. We now know that Diego Garcia also played a role in this euphemistically ...

The UK has signed a 99-year agreement with Mauritius to retain operational control of the Diego Garcia base, a key UK-US ...

While Chagos might ring few bells in the USA, Diego Garcia should. “It is no exaggeration to say that Diego Garcia — the largest of the Chagos Islands — hosts the most strategically ...

The atoll of Diego Garcia — the largest of the Chagos Islands, and a relic of the UK’s colonial past — is home to the US Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, a military facility that was ...

Diego Garcia, the air base the US may use if it decides ... In 1966, the Washington and London sealed a secret deal: the US got a 50-year lease on the base with a 20-year right to extension ...

Shanthi said that the migrant camp, where they lived in these tents for three years, was "like an open prison" It's morning in a makeshift camp on the remote British island of Diego Garcia ...