In 2019, as vice-president of the ICJ, Xue Hanqin ruled that the UK should give islands to Mauritius ‘as rapidly as possible’ ...

Lord Dannatt said it was 'very hard to find good news' in the deal, which critics say would put Britain and its allies' ...

The neighbourhood waters could become choppy for India, given the inherent and inherited complexities and also the evolving ...

The archipelago is home to a joint US-UK military base, a strategically important military asset in the Indian Ocean.

UK taxpayers spent £1.3 million out of the foreign aid budget on a diversity scheme in Mauritius amid negotiations over the ...

Taxpayer money spent on bespoke programme despite country’s demands for Britain to give up the Indian Ocean territory ...

Mauritius awaits Trump’s approval for UK to hand over archipelago, with Chagossians at odds over what’s in it for them.

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

Current local time in Chagos (Indian/Chagos timezone). Get information about the Indian/Chagos time zone. Local time and date, DST adjusted (where ever daylight saving time is applicable) current time ...

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home five decades after being expelled by Britain, but with Donald Trump in the ...

Is Daylight Saving Time (DST) in effect in British Indian Ocean Territory?

Just three months into power, Labour pulled off what it billed as a diplomatic coup: ending a long-running dispute over the status of the Chagos Islands, one of Britain’s final imperial possessions, ...