Enduring disputed claims over Diego Garcia, an atoll within the Chagos archipelago, located in the Indian Ocean ... UK will ...

The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos Island chain in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the most important and secretive ...

the largest of the disputed Chagos Islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot) – long claimed by Mauritius – and site of a secretive military base leased by the UK to the US.

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

DIEGO GARCIA - The hot, humid air gusts over the pier and through the red, rusty cranes sitting atop a blue cargo ship, which casts long shadows on the workers down below. Crusty leather gloves ...

while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. However, Ramgoolam, who was elected in ...

Air base could become hotbed for Beijing’s spyware and missile technology, fears former Diego Garcia commander ...

The neighbourhood waters could become choppy for India, given the inherent and inherited complexities and also the evolving ...

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