China has built up economic and military ties across the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world’s offshore oil and ...

This American air-base in the Indian Ocean has been part of US-UK talks as London plans to hand the island over to Mauritius.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Mauritius on Tuesday for talks on upgrading strategic ties, days after ...

The largest of the atolls, Diego Garcia is a major US airbase and of strategic importance to the US and North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Also read | PM Modi awarded Mauritius’ highest honour ...

Mauritius, under a new government, is negotiating with the UK to regain sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, crucial for ...

Britain is seeking to finalize a deal on handing sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after U.S. President Donald ...

Modi’s visit comes amid efforts to step up engagement with an Indian Ocean country of strategic importance where Beijing’s ...

Indian prime minister set to sign maritime security deal in bid to counter China’s growing influence in Indian Ocean region ...

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Mauritius to discuss strategic ties, coinciding with U.S.-Britain talks ...

After US President Donald Trump’s go-ahead, the United Kingdom and Mauritius are expected to seal the Chagos Islands deal ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed to Mauritius with Bihari Geet Gawai by the Indian diaspora. Modi is in Mauritius on ...

Mauritius became independent in 1968 but London retained control of the Chagos, and forcibly displaced up to 2,000 people to make way for the Diego Garcia military base, which it had leased to the ...