In 1965, shortly before granting Mauritius independence, Britain separated the Chagos Islands, renaming them the British Indian Ocean Territory, and paying £3 million to Mauritius. The following ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Australian researchers have issued a final report on a decades-long search for a famous shipwreck believed to be off the coast of Rhode Island. Researchers confirmed the ...

Although the islands are better known for their pristine beaches and sun-drenched cliffs, Jeff Koehler’s new book, “The Spanish Mediterranean Islands Cookbook,” aims to give the food some worthy ...

Travel Travel News Scotland Stunning UK islands where locals begged to be evacuated faces new threat A remote archipelago situated some 110 miles off the UK mainland was once home to a skilful ...

Lying on the western edge of Vágar Island, Gásadalur is one of the most remote villages in the Faroe Islands, home to no more than 30 people. I’m making my way there along one of the Buttercup ...

Seventy-three years later, on July 18, 2012, a faithful restoration of Edwards’ Anson took flight from Nelson Airport on New Zealand's South Island.

Travel Canary Islands Tourists from huge European country flood Canary Islands and it's not just Brits The Canary Island set a new benchmark for international tourism, despite ongoing anti-tourist ...

At 74º latitude, Devon Island is nearly 5,000 miles north of Hawaii—and more than five times the size. Remote, windswept, and harsh, the isle is classified as a polar desert, with barren ...

Earthquake today: Strong tremors of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter Scale jolted Kuril Islands on June 14, National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The seismic activity was felt in the Russian Far ...

British tourists arriving at airports in the Canary Islands have previously complained about long queues, a lack of staff and disruptive behaviour from travellers, Manchester Evening News has ...

There are no bears on most of the Aleutians Islands today. But a new study reveals that bears likely lived in Unalaska and Amaknak Island thousands of years ago, solving a decades-long archaeological ...