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.

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.

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.

North Africa

Libya: Europe’s looming ‘Vietnam’?

Amid continued confused multi-factional warfare in Libya, the hard-right UK Independence Party warned that the North African country could be the "EU's Vietnam."