WASHINGTON — The United Kingdom is on the cusp of returning one of its last colonies to its native inhabitants, but national security experts say the move could have dire consequences for the US, ...

a british court has ruled that the uk government unlawfully detained a group of over 60 asylum seekers on diego garcia, a remote island in the indian ocean. the migrants, mostly sri lankan tamils, ...

Protesters hold banners outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Sept. 3, 2018, where judges listen to arguments in a case on whether Britain illegally maintains sovereignty over the Chagos ...

Matthew Lee is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. Jim Fein is a research assistant for national security and European affairs at The Heritage Foundation. China benefits ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Scattered Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants, with just some French military ...

Ukrainian-American national Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, was arrested on March 30 after he made a visit to a remote island in the Indian Ocean, the New York Post reported. North Sentinel Island ...

Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius but under what US President Joe Biden called a “historic agreement” will keep its strategic joint military base ...