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 ...

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

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.

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

With diplomacy all but stalled between Washington and Tehran after the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites amid clashes ...

In a recent meeting with a cross-party group of British MPs in Washington, I was struck by the outright defeatism on display ...

Most originate from Diego Garcia, the only island that has any reasonable chance of being habitable—and only after considerable investment—and are intent on securing financial reparations and ...

BRITAIN’S Chagos Islands handover will cost taxpayers ten times more than Sir Keir Starmer let on, newly unearthed figures ...

Ramgoolam knows its value. Diego Garcia served as a base for U.S. B-52 and B-1 bombers striking Iraq and Afghanistan and for tankers refueling U.S. aircraft throughout the region.

British Indian Ocean Territory An image released by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. The largest island of the Chagos Archipelago measures 11.58 square miles.

Diego Garcia, a tropical atoll in the dead centre of the ocean and far from any threat, was ideal. Construction began in 1971.