The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when the country was still a British colony. Britain leased Diego Garcia, the largest island in the archipelago, to the United States as a ...

LONDON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The UK government has shelved legislation to ratify a deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after the United States withdrew its backing for the ...