The San Diego Padres look to address a major need through a potential trade with the Texas Rangers as the deadline approaches.

Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is rubber-stamped, peers said.

However, the CCP’s vessels would focus intensely on Diego Garcia. This small, mysterious island is 2,362 miles due west of Jakarta, Indonesia — in central Nowhere.

In March 2025, up to 12 B-2 Spirit bombers were deployed to Diego Garcia and Pacific bases, signaling a bold U.S. stance against Iran and the Houthis. With stealth, range, and bunker-busting power ...

Diego Garcia, the largest in the Chagos group in the central Indian Ocean, is about 1,300 miles northeast of Mauritian capital Port Louis.For half a century, it has been a staging area for major ...

Britain took control of the Chagos Islands, of which Diego Garcia is part, from its then colony, Mauritius, in 1965 and went on to evict its population of more than 1,000 people to make way for ...

Diego Garcia is part of the Chagos Archipelago, which was purchased by the British in 1965 from Mauritius for £3million and renamed the British Indian Overseas Territory (Biot).

In the 1960s, in the middle of the Cold War the US secreted away a slither of land in the Indian Ocean. Today, Diego Garcia is one of its most important and secretive military bases – but a new ...