London will not decide until next year whether to lift its threat to impose direct rule on the Virgin Islands, according to ...

Any future arrivals to the Chagos Islands, of which Diego Garcia is the largest and most well-known as it houses a crucial UK ...

Exclusive: The Independent understands America’s new president-elect is seeking legal advice from Pentagon to challenge ...

A key negotiator of the Good Friday Agreement has been appointed as the Prime Minister’s new national security adviser.

A group fighting for the rights of Britain's overseas territories have written to Donald Trump's new cabinet members to ...

simulate scenarios and gather best practices to be shared with fellow British Overseas Territories. The exercise was coordinated with the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the ...

Labour has been blasted for "betraying" the Chagos Islanders after failing to invite a representative from the archipelago to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. The islands are ...

“Mr Powell’s previous comments about the unimportance of British overseas territories are extremely concerning and many will ...

United Kingdom Overseas Territories Minister Stephen Doughty visited the Virgin Islands this week to assess the recent ...

U.K. deal will likely draw attention to France, another European sovereign state with contested territories in the Indian Ocean region like Tromelin Island.

An international environmental group will put forward a plan to British lawmakers today to protect the high seas around ...