Pope Leo XIV strongly affirmed the right of people to return to their homes after an unjust exile, issuing the message during ...

Pope Leo XIV blesses a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary during a meeting at the Vatican Aug. 23, 2025, with refugees and ...

The sliteye shark has been recorded for the first time on the Great Chagos Bank, the world's largest coral atoll ...

By Kielce Gussie In a meeting with members of the Chagos Refugees Group, Pope Leo XIV expressed his “wholehearted” ...

In a meeting with members of the Chagos Refugees Group, Pope Leo XIV expressed his “wholehearted” encouragement for the group ...

Pope Leo XIV has said he is "delighted" the UK has agreed to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Speaking to a delegation ...

The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The islands have been known as the British Indian Ocean Territory since being administratively ...

Conclusion The Chagos Archipelago is a strategically vital component of Western security’s global footprint. It has been under continuous UK sovereignty for over two centuries. A recent deal between ...

A boat sent by the government of Mauritius has arrived in the disputed Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, after the country accused the occupying British authorities of "crimes against ...

Ordinarily, this is a daunting task when there are so many competing objectives and so much background noise in parliament. On the Chagos Archipelago issue however, the stakes might be high enough – ...

The U.K. formally detached the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965, calling it the British Indian Ocean Territory. In 1968, Mauritius gained its independence from the U.K.