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."
Tag: United Kingdom
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.
Oceania
New Zealand: Maori elder issues TPP ‘veto’
Kingi Taurua, a prominent elder of New Zealand's Maori people, sent a formal "notice of veto" of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the governments of signatory nations.
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."
Europe
Poland: thousands march against surveillance law
Thousands marched in Warsaw to protest the government's planned changes to the legal code that would increase surveillance over Polish citizens.
Iraq
UK: Iraq vets may face prosecution for war crimes
The head of the UK's Iraq Historic Allegations Team, charged with looking into alleged abuses committed during the war, said that British soldiers may face prosecution for war crimes.
North Africa
UK Supreme Court hears Libya rendition claim
The UK Supreme Court began hearings in the case of Libyan Islamist leader Abdel Hakim Belhaj, who claims the British government assisted in his 2004 rendition by US forces.
Watching the Shadows
Last UK detainee released from Gitmo
The last remaining British inmate at Guantánamo Bay, Shaker Aamer, was released to the UK, bringing the number detainees at the facility to 112.
Watching the Shadows
Guantánamo Bay prisoner to be released to UK
The White House announced plans to release Guantánamo Bay inmate Shaker Aamer to the United Kingdom, following extensive lobbying by British politicians.
Greater Middle East
Putin pries Western leaders from anti-Assad stance
British Prime Minister David Cameron is now the first Western leader to take Vladimir Putin's bait in agreeing that Bashar Assad can be part of a Syrian "transition government."