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President Donald Trump is right that the U.S. military base on Diego Garcia needs saving. But he has been misled about the threat and the best available solution. [1]

Did Iran launch missiles at US-UK base on Diego Garcia? Here’s what to know UK condemns what it says is Iranian attack on airbase in Indian Ocean, but Tehran denies it carried out the launches. [2]

The agreement that the United Kingdom made with Mauritius, transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to the latter, even as it would lease back Diego Garcia for a period of 99 years, is now facing trouble from Donald Trump. [3]

In 2015, a group of American and Canadian tourists arrived in Addu, the southernmost atoll in the Republic of Maldives, seeking to visit some of the most remote islands in the world – Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos archipelago, 250 miles away. [4]

“The hub and archipelago has been Tove Jansson’s most important muse, both in terms of the mumine books and the large number of paintings and her other writings,” says Maarit Leskelä-Kärki and Otto Latva in the book The Sea and Tove, which recently c... (translated from sv) [5]

MAGONG, Taiwan -- Yan Wu-hsu earns his living chauffeuring tourists around the largest of a group of 90 islands west of Taiwan. [6]

BEIJING — A high-level Chinese official has called for talks with Japan over a disputed island chain, in an apparent attempt by Beijing to cool tensions that have seen both sides scramble jet fighters to the area in recent days. [7]

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said Wednesday he has reiterated concerns over Chinese coast guard ships sailing near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea in a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. [8]

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[1] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-03-27 · 85% match

Trump Must Act Quickly to Protect Diego Garcia

President Donald Trump is right that the U.S. military base on Diego Garcia needs saving. But he has been misled about the threat and the best available solution.

[2] MM www.aljazeera.com · 2026-03-22 · 70% match

Did Iran launch missiles at US-UK base on Diego Garcia? Here’s what to know

Did Iran launch missiles at US-UK base on Diego Garcia? Here’s what to know UK condemns what it says is Iranian attack on airbase in Indian Ocean, but Tehran denies it carried out the launches.

[3] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-02-25 · 75% match

Chagos Conundrum Complicates India’s Indian Ocean Outreach

The agreement that the United Kingdom made with Mauritius, transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to the latter, even as it would lease back Diego Garcia for a period of 99 years, is now facing trouble from Donald Trump.

[4] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-03-18 · 75% match

Trump Endangers the Handover of the UK’s ‘Last Colony’

In 2015, a group of American and Canadian tourists arrived in Addu, the southernmost atoll in the Republic of Maldives, seeking to visit some of the most remote islands in the world – Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos archipelago, 250 miles away.

[5] FI yle.fi · 2026-03-22 · 38% match translated from sv

Därför var havet och skärgården Tove Janssons viktigaste musa

“The hub and archipelago has been Tove Jansson’s most important muse, both in terms of the mumine books and the large number of paintings and her other writings,” says Maarit Leskelä-Kärki and Otto Latva in the book The Sea and Tove, which recently c

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[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-10-14 · 45% match

Taiwan casino drive hinges on island vote

MAGONG, Taiwan -- Yan Wu-hsu earns his living chauffeuring tourists around the largest of a group of 90 islands west of Taiwan.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-01-18 · 42% match

Senior China Leader Urges Island Talks with Japan

BEIJING — A high-level Chinese official has called for talks with Japan over a disputed island chain, in an apparent attempt by Beijing to cool tensions that have seen both sides scramble jet fighters to the area in recent days.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-11-25 · 40% match

Japan Reiterates Concerns Over Disputed Islands to China’s Foreign Minister

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said Wednesday he has reiterated concerns over Chinese coast guard ships sailing near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea in a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-12-10 · 40% match

China Worries May Boost Indonesia Defense Spending to $20Bln Annually

WASHINGTON — Indonesia’s defense spending could grow to US$20 billion a year by 2019 to protect its sovereignty, including an area of the South China Sea near China’s claims, an adviser to new Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-08-18 · 39% match

Traditional Japanese divers restore 'balance' to the sea

LifeTraditional Japanese divers restore 'balance' to the sea Marine culture is dominated by women in the fishing villages of the Ise Peninsula These women work as ama sea divers, catching fish and shellfish and collecting seaweed in Japan's Ise Bay.

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