Under the proposed agreement, the UK would retain a 99-year lease on the strategic island, which is home to a crucial United States military base. Britain kept control of the Chagos Islands after ...

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Rising dramatically from the Indian Ocean, Réunion Island combines French sophistication with raw natural power in a way that ...

To make a direct call to Mauritius From Réunion, you need to follow the international dialing format given below. The dialing format is same for calling Mauritius mobile or land line from Réunion. To ...

“And by raising the barrier in winter to stop high waters, the island is protected from the surges that used to erode it,” he added. The engineer added that the island’s new vegetation due ...

"The island perfectly chose us," she explained. Pather said her vision was to bring people of the African continent together - from Reunion, Mauritius, South Africa and the Seychelles. "One way of ...

The Reform UK leader issued a new demand for the Government to abandon its deal to hand sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius. He urged ministers to instead hold a referendum ...

Keir Starmer's deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is under threat after the island nation's new government said the agreement wasn't good enough. Navin Ramgoolam said the draft deal "would ...

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The new Mauritius government wants better terms over the control of a strategically important UK-US military base in the Indian Ocean, a move that threatens to upend one of British Prime Minister ...

LONDON (AP) — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday after five months in custody, and will not be extradited to Japan where he is wanted on charges of ...