The UK was ceded the territories by the French in 1814. Historically, the ­islands were administered as part of ­Britain’s Mauritius colony. But on ­November 8, 1965, the UK discreetly dismembered the ...

The UK is “resolutely committed” to all its Overseas Territories including Gibraltar, Europe Minister Stephen Doughty said, adding sovereignty of the territories is “not up for negotiation”. His ...

The Prime Minister will require an Act of Parliament to sign over the strategically important Chagos Islands over to ...

Sir Keir Starmer will be forced to hold a vote on the Chagos Islands amid fury over his decision to hand them over to ...

The UK is “resolutely committed to all our Overseas Territories”, the responsible foreign minister said, after Argentina vowed to gain “full sovereignty” of the Falkland Islands. Stephen Doughty said ...

We might as well be governed by the National Union of Students. In pursuit of their juvenile, half-witted anti-colonialism, ...

Prime Minister Starmer hands over the Chagos Islands to its former colony, Mauritius. Detail of an illustration featuring the ...

"Hands off our Falklands" is the headline in The Daily Mail. It reports that Argentina has been "emboldened" by what the ...

The UK has agreed to return the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. This marks the culmination of decades-long negotiations and efforts to decolonize the archipelago.

Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give up the islands in 1965 in return for independence from Britain ...

The United Kingdom agreed on Thursday to give up control of islands that hold a secretive U.S. military base to ...

Argentina has reaffirmed its intention to claim full sovereignty over the South Atlantic Falklands islands, with the ...