MPs have slammed Labour’s “disregard” for the environmental consequences of their Chagos Islands surrender. Minister Baroness ...

The global tariffs Trump announced this week include remote territories like Heard and McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean ...

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to ...

Chagos is one of the world’s longest-running unresolved issues of decolonization, whose return to Mauritius has been championed by India for decades. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to ...

The Tanzanian government established five marine protected areas (MPAs) in the 1990s to safeguard falling fish populations. Over nearly 20 years, villages near these protected areas became less ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Since returning to power, Donald Trump has shown a great deal of interest in expanding the territory of the United States. Though the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In a concerning twist, Iran military leaders have threatened to attack British forces in the Chagos Islands if American president Donald Trump follows through on his threat to target the Middle ...

Plans to establish a new marine nature reserve off the east coast of the Isle of Man in a bid to protect blue carbon habitats have been revealed. The initiative aims to protect newly discovered ...

LONDON (AP) — Two women born on the Chagos Islands are seeking to take the British government to court over a proposed deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Indian Ocean archipelago to ...

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mauritius, India on Saturday said it supports the island nation in its efforts to reach a mutually beneficial deal with the UK over Chagos Islands ...