In the event of conflict between Washington and Tehran, the remote base Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia would likely play a ...

The United States has applauded a landmark deal between the United Kingdom and Mauritius that secured its continued use of Diego Garcia, a vital British and American joint military outpost in the ...

Rising tensions over Iran's nuclear program have escalated amid diplomatic breakdowns, military preparations, and threats of conflict across the Middle East.

Sir Keir Starmer defends the UK's £3.4bn Chagos islands deal after Kemi Badenoch says it is bad value for money.

While Chagos might ring few bells in the USA, Diego Garcia should. “It is no exaggeration to say that Diego Garcia — the largest of the Chagos Islands — hosts the most strategically ...

The Pentagon has sent at least six B-2 bombers – 30% of the US Air Force’s stealth bomber fleet – to the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, in what analysts have called a message to Iran ...

More: In Diego Garcia's water, "pre-positioned" freighters and tankers wait at anchor, packed with tanks, ammo, fuel, food, water, the arms and material it takes for armies, navies and air forces ...

Diego Garcia is located in the middle of the Indian Ocean, strategically positioned between Asia and Africa. The base may be thousands of miles from Washington, but it is within flying distance of ...

And it didn’t take me long to realize why we were there: Diego Garcia was and remains an extremely important military facility shared by the US and UK.