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Second British Foreign Office minister quits
World
August 11, 2014
Second British Foreign Office minister quits
Britain's Africa minister Mark Simmonds resigned on Monday, a spokesman for the prime minister's Downing Street office said, becoming the…
Newly appointed British ambassador arrives in Egypt
Egypt
August 9, 2014
Newly appointed British ambassador arrives in Egypt
Newly assigned British ambassador to Egypt John Casson arrived on Friday to take up his appointment, Egypt's state-run MENA agency…
Britain moves towards reopening embassy in Iran
World
June 17, 2014
Britain moves towards reopening embassy in Iran
Britain is to announce moves towards reopening its embassy in Tehran, the BBC reported Tuesday, as the West steps up…
Britain hands over bases to Afghan forces
World
March 17, 2014
Britain hands over bases to Afghan forces
Britain has handed over all but two of its remaining bases in Afghanistan's Helmand Province to local forces as part…
British Foreign Ministry warns its nationals against travelling to Sinai
Egypt
February 20, 2014
British Foreign Ministry warns its nationals against travelling to Sinai
The British Foreign Ministry issued a statement Wednesday advising its nationals not to travel to South Sinai except for urgent…
UK’s Cameron tells Davos he can keep Britain in the EU
World
January 24, 2014
UK’s Cameron tells Davos he can keep Britain in the EU
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday he was confident he could renegotiate Britain's relations with the European Union to…
Four US Air Force helicopter crew members killed in UK crash
World
January 8, 2014
Four US Air Force helicopter crew members killed in UK crash
All four crew members were killed when their US military helicopter crashed in rural eastern England, the US Air Force…
London voices concern over jailed Egyptian activists
Egypt
December 23, 2013
London voices concern over jailed Egyptian activists
The United Kingdom has expressed concerns over the imprisonment of three leading Egyptian political activists who were charged with violating…
U.S. charges Briton with hacking into military, other networks
Egypt
October 28, 2013
U.S. charges Briton with hacking into military, other networks
U.S. authorities have charged a hacker in England with breaching thousands of computer systems, including U.S. military networks, to steal…
Three Britons dead in Nairobi attack: London
World
September 22, 2013
Three Britons dead in Nairobi attack: London
Three Britons have been confirmed dead in an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall by Somali Islamist militants and the…