Britain's plan to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has put the future of the strategically important Diego Garcia military base under renewed scrutiny.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aerial image of Diego Garcia, home of U.S. -U.K. military base Image by NasaCouncil on Foreign Relations website President Donald ...

An official with the self-described Chagossian government-in-exile said Sunday that the war with Iran has underscored Diego Garcia’s strategic importance to U.S. forces and Middle East regional ...

Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Azizi, who heads the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, has issued a direct warning to the United Kingdom after London allowed the United ...

"Iran launched a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 kilometres toward an American target on Diego Garcia Island," Israeli military chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir ...

(Refiles to fix dateline) LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke with his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam, on Monday, pledging to work towards a resolution over ...

British defense officials acknowledged reports of unidentified drones over Diego Garcia, a strategically important U.S.-U.K. military installation in the Indian Ocean, but they provided few details ...

The tiny Indian Ocean archipelago has found itself in the middle of an unusual three-way territorial dispute—due in large part to the US-UK joint naval base on the island of Diego Garcia. This week, ...

Diego Garcia is a strategic Indian Ocean base hosting 2,500 US military personnel. An official with the self-described Chagossian government-in-exile said Sunday that the war with Iran has underscored ...