Tag: UK
UK Counter-Terrorism Police Join Probe Into Alleged Wiltshire Poisoning
Europe14:20 04.07.2018(updated 15:38 04.07.2018) On June 30th, two people were hospitalized after being exposed to an unknown substance in the town of Amesbury, located...
US Threatens to Ditch UK for France if Britain Doesn’t Increase Defense Spending
Europe15:23 02.07.2018(updated 16:00 02.07.2018) US President Donald Trump has repeatedly pressed NATO members to increase defense spending, a topic that is expected to be...
Syria war: 270,000 displaced by fighting in south-west
At least 270,000 people have fled their homes in south-western Syria since the military launched...
European Intervention Force: a Mini-NATO?
Trendstorm09:30 30.06.2018(updated 11:05 30.06.2018) The surprise decision of nine EU states to form a rapid intervention force for responding to crises near the bloc's...
Tusk Warns ‘Immense Pressure’ From Trump May Lead to NATO Collapse – Reports
Europe15:39 29.06.2018(updated 15:40 29.06.2018) The European Union should boost its defenses and be able to act independently of the United States, the 28-member bloc’s...
Some States Used Syrian Crisis to Reshape Map of Middle East and Africa – Lavrov
Middle East18:46 29.06.2018(updated 20:46 29.06.2018) The Syrian government launched a full-scale offensive in the country’s southwestern regions earlier this month in order to regain...
Tony Blair is Right About Anti-Terrorism Alliance With Russia
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, the old saying goes. The truth of the adage has been proved yet again by...
UK Intel Aware of US Torturing Prisoners After 9/11 – Report
In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the US tortured hundreds of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo and at a number of secret prisons set...
Syria war: Air strike on Deraa shelter kills 17 civilians
At least 17 civilians have been killed in an air strike on a basement shelter...
Air strikes knock out Syrian hospitals
Air strikes have reportedly put three hospitals out of service in rebel-held south-western Syria, as...
Ex-Military Chief Says UK Government is ‘Living a Lie’ on Defense Spending
Europe14:24 26.06.2018(updated 14:51 26.06.2018) Plans to upgrade Britain’s armed forces are being discussed by the Treasury and the Ministry of Defense (MoD), and with...
Al-Qaeda Bombmaker Arrested in London Guilty of Planning Knife Attack on MPs
Europe16:43 26.06.2018(updated 18:01 26.06.2018) A British citizen who was arrested in Whitehall with three knives last year has been convicted of planning to stab...
We Heard Trump’s Unhappy: UK Sets Cost of Strong US, NATO Ties & It’s 3% of GDP
"Diminished capacity reduces the UK’s usefulness to the US and our influence within NATO," a new UK government report suggests.Britain's Defense Committee has called...
