For nearly a month the French territory of Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean has been engulfed in flames. Located ...

Senior politicians in Mauritius have described the £9 billion Britain is expected to pay to hand over the Chagos Islands as ...

President Trump's intervention could see further delays after the UK and Mauritius reached a deal on the territory, pending ...

The archipelago is home to a joint US-UK military base, a strategically important military asset in the Indian Ocean.

Amsterdam Island – part of France's Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean – has seen more than half its territory ...

For nearly a month the French territory of Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean has been engulfed in flames. Located about halfway between Australia, Antarctica and Madagascar ...

The US has made a last-ditch intervention on the future of the Chagos Islands, demanding a seat at the negotiating table ...

The African island nation will assume sovereignty over the archipelago – minus a military base – but the UK government has ...

There has been scepticism about the proposed deal among allies of Mr Trump, including secretary of state Marco Rubio, but the ...

Sir Keir Starmer clashed with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.