Europe
UK mass surveillance bill becomes law
The UK's Investigatory Powers Bill was given royal assent and became law, providing intelligence agencies broad powers to monitor the online activity of all citizens.
Tag: United Kingdom
Europe
Scotland and Wales to enter Brexit lawsuit
The UK Supreme Court ruled that Scotland and Wales may join a case challenging Prime Minister Theresa May’s power to leave the EU without a parliamentary vote.
Planet Watch
UN moves to outlaw nuclear weapons in 2017
The UN adopted a resolution—hailed by disarmament campaigners as an important landmark—to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons.
Oceania
World Court turns down nuclear arms case
The International Court of Justice refused to hear a claim by the Marshall Islands that the UK, India and Pakistan have failed to fulfill treaty obligations to halt the nuclear arms race.
Greater Middle East
30,000 (Ahmadiyya) Muslims march against terror
The 30,000 Muslims who marched against extremism in London were followers of the Ahmadiyya sect—a dissident current in Islam persecuted by the orthodox Sunni.
North Africa
Libya: against imperial retrospectivity
The glee with which "anti-war" voices have greeted the British parliament's critical report on the Libya intervention betrays unseemly schadenfreude over the post-Qaddafi chaos.
North America
WikiLeaks abetting worldwide fascist take-over
Hackers linked to Russian state intelligence used WikiLeaks to throw the US election, so Trump and Putin can instate a fascist order worldwide. Yes, we're serious.
Iraq
UK entry into Iraq war not justified: report
The findings of the seven-year inquiry into Britain's role in the 2003 Iraq invasion were delivered in the form of a scathing verdict against former prime minister Tony Blair.
Iraq
ICC will not prosecute Blair for war crimes
The International Criminal Court will not prosecute Tony Blair for war crimes related to the 2003 Iraq invasion, finding the question "outside the Court's jurisdiction."
Europe
Break-up of United Kingdom impending?
The Brexit may signal the beginning of the dissolution of the UK, renewing calls for Scottish independence, a united Ireland, and even for London to secede as a free city-state.
Southern Cone
UN commission: Falkland Islands in Argentine waters
The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf ruled Argentina's maritime territory includes the area around the Falklands—a blow to British offshore oil interests.
North Africa
Britain prepares Libya intervention
The UK is preparing to send troops to Tunisia to help prevent ISIS fighters from entering the country from Libya—and has broached direct intervention in Libya itself.