The island hosts an American super-strategic airbase (meaning it easily handles heavy bombers and air tankers that can refuel ...

The island is named Diego Garcia, the biggest little island in the Indian Ocean's isolated Chagos Archipelago. Never heard of ...

With British PM Keir Starmer seeking ‘strong protections’ for the US-British base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago is ...

Sir Keir Starmer has warned national security could be put at risk without a deal to give “legal certainty” over the status of the Chagos Islands and the strategically important Diego Garcia military ...

Where are the Chagos Islands, why has the UK given them to Mauritius and what about the Falklands? - The African island ...

With reports the UK and Mauritius have agreed new terms on the Indian Ocean archipelago, a White House spokesperson told The ...

For more than eight decades, the US/UK Special Relationship has operated as the beating heart of the free world, the most ...

Britain recently negotiated a deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, retaining control of Diego Garcia under a 99-year lease. Despite this, new Mauritian leadership has ...

are among those worried ceding control of the islands could weaken Western influence in the Indian Ocean and strengthen the reach of China. Britain set up the Diego Garcia base after independence ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds from SE to SSE. The overnight low will be 55 °F (12.8 °C). Sunny with a high of 76 °F (24.4 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph). Scattered showers ...

There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, but Kilauea is the real "must-see." A 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active since Jan. 3, 1983.