Enduring disputed claims over Diego Garcia ... explained that the base has significance as a refueling or rearming port and ...

On the remote tropical island of Diego Garcia ... US military base The base has served as a launchpad for US military operations in the Middle East, as a refuelling point for Air Force patrols ...

The mission of the U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia is "To provide logistic support to operational forces forward deployed to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf area of responsibility in ...

DIEGO GARCIA - The hot, humid air gusts over the pier and ... the ship also removes all hazardous materials from the island. "Our main job is to supply the base of just about every need," said ...

Families left the Indian Ocean islands in the 1960s and 70s to make way for a US Air Force base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the group of islands.

The UK and Mauritius have agreed to hold talks on the future of the disputed British Indian Ocean Overseas Territory/Chagos Islands ... the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia will continue ...

An extraordinary blame game has erupted dragging in Liz Truss and James Cleverly following Sir Keir Starmer’s shock decision to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The deal is meant to ...

An American-British military base at, Diego Garcia ... Britain has administered the Chagos islands since the early 20th century. In 1942, at the height of World War II, it built an air field at the ...

The Chagos Islands deal has been hailed as necessary ... million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the Diego Garcia military base. It also prevents Mauritius from "renting" the nearby ...

The U.K. will maintain de facto control over Diego ... islands. Only by acknowledging Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos, including Diego Garcia, can the United States ensure that its military ...

National security will be put at risk unless the Chagos Islands are handed over to ... the strategically important US-UK military base on Diego Garcia. Ministers believe international legal ...

The Mauritian government has been urged to renege on a deal for the Chagos Islands and demand ... to keep using the military base it shares with the US on Diego Garcia. Mauritius will reportedly ...