India Ally Afghanistan Agrees To Expand CPEC During Meeting With China, Pakistan | Details China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan have agreed to expand the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghanistan, following high-level trilateral talks in Beijing …
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to sign a landmark agreement on Thursday officially transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Under the terms of the deal Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but allow …
The UK has signed a £3.4bn agreement to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after an 11th-hour legal challenge failed. Keir Starmer told a press conference on Thursday afternoon he had signed the deal and that it was “one of the most …
The UK government has been banned from handing over the disputed Chagos Island to Mauritius due to last-minute legal action. Aerial view of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Island group. (US Navy/AP, File) At 2:25 BST, high court judge Justice Goose granted …
A British High Court judge has temporarily blocked the government from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The last-minute injunction on Thursday morning came hours before the agreement was expected to be signed at a virtual …
This image, released by the U.S. Navy, shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. File | Photo Credit: AP Britain is set to sign a deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while also securing the future of the U.K.-U.S. Diego Garcia military …
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Britain on Thursday signed a deal giving sovereignty to the strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius yet retaining control of a US-UK military base as it claimed China along with Russia and Iran sought to derail the agreement. British Defence …
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