The deal, announced jointly by the UK and Mauritius on Thursday, grants the latter full sovereignty over the remote archipelago, guaranteeing the operation of the United States base for the next ...

The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the ...

The broader aim is to contribute to a multidisciplinary effort to revisit afresh the presumed link between sovereignty and migration control. While the world map has dramatically changed since the ...

LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius ...

British sovereignty of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands is not up for negotiation, the prime minister's spokesman has said. Questions over the government's commitment to maintaining the British ...

Since the creation of Pakistan in 1947, it has experienced a lot of threats to its sovereignty. Geographically, the country is surrounded by India in the south and east, Afghanistan in the north ...

“It sees Mauritius assume sovereignty over British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), with the U.K. authorised to exercise the sovereign rights of Mauritius on Diego Garcia.” The political ...

The European Commission says it is taking Hungary to court over its foreign influence laws, which critics have regarded as a tool to silence opposition voices. The European body said on Thursday ...