The U.S. has described the base, which is home to about 2,500 mostly American personnel, as "an all but indispensable ...

The island of Diego Garcia, home to one of the most mysterious US military bases, is plagued by controversy and entangled in ...

Sri Lankan Tamil migrants were held in a camp on the Indian Ocean island, which is the site of a secretive UK-US military ...

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said ‘Starmer and Lammy need to come to their senses and ditch the deal’ ...

The U.K. and Mauritius announced an agreement in October to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a chain of more than ...

The Government insisted the deal to give up sovereignty over the Chagos Islands but lease back the Diego Garcia base was ...

Now acting judge of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Supreme Court, Margaret Obi, has ruled that it was unlawful for ...

A group of more than 60 asylum seekers were unlawfully detained by the UK on the remote island of Diego Garcia, a judge has ruled. The asylum seekers, who are Sri Lankan Tamils, arrived at the ...

British authorities illegally detained more than 60 asylum seekers on the remote island of Diego Garcia for over three years, a British judge ruled on 16 December.

Sri Lankan Tamil migrants were unlawfully detained for years on the remote British territory of Diego Garcia, a judge has ruled. In 2021, dozens of Tamils became the first people ever to claim ...