Tensions are now ratcheting up between the US and Iran, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejecting Mr Trump’s call for surrender and warning that any American military involvement would ...

Explosions were heard in Iran's capital as Israeli warplanes pounded Tehran throughout the day and night. Iran’s supreme leader rejected U.S. calls for surrender and warned that any ...

At a time when many may feel that good news has gone the way of the dodo, look no further than the homeland of that ...

The Defence Secretary was asked about the upsides of ‘giving away’ the Indian Ocean archipelago as he spoke at a conference in London.

China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal - Different claims have been made as to whether or not China ...

The deal returns sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius, but will see the UK lease back a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands.

U.K. envisaged the use of Chagos island as a military base. Roping in the United States (U.S.) as a partner in 1967, the U.K. allowed the U.S. to use Diego Garcia for defence purposes initially ...

After decades of international legal battles, Britain has finally signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands, home to the US/UK naval and bomber base of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean ...

it also appears to entrench their exile from Diego Garcia, the largest island ... after a last-minute injunction was granted to Chagos Islands-born British national Bertrice Pompe.

"We will never gamble with national security." Image: Aerial view of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Island group. Pic: AP The deal means the UK will lease the base from the Mauritian government over ...

The Chagos Islands are a remote group of over 60 islands ... The archipelago is best known for Diego Garcia, a strategic military base that has played a key role in US operations from the Vietnam ...