Britain on Thursday agreed to transfer sovereignty of the strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, resolving a long-standing colonial-era dispute. The Indian Ocean archipelago is home to ...

The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the controversial, multi-billion pound move survived an eleventh-hour legal challenge ...

A High Court judge has temporarily blocked the UK Government from concluding its deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius hours before it was set to be signed off. Downing Street insisted the ...

And I can promise you today, that will not change," she said at the headquarters of the Pacific Islands Forum, the region's diplomatic bloc. Fiji's main exports include bottled water, sugar and fish.

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Shetland Islands Council held its first ever meeting on 16th May, 1975.  To mark the occasion of its 50th birthday, a special ...

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Current owner Jonathan Williamson said the sale of Fjara represented “a rare chance to acquire a thriving business with a solid foundation in the Shetland Islands”. “Having spent the last 11 years ...

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