US, Iranian forces converge on Syria
Text Some 5,000 US troops are in Jordan to participate in the multi-national Eager Lion exercises—just as Iran is sending 4,000 Revolutionary Guards to support Syria's Bashar Assad.Some 5,000 US...
View ArticleSweden: Sámi protest British mining company
Text Swedish police have repeatedly broken up a protest occupation by Sámi indigenous people against iron mining in a crucial reindeer herding area above the Arctic Circle. Swedish police have...
View ArticleUK: ex-Gitmo detainee in Syria terror bust
Text British counter-terrorism forces arrested Moazzam Begg in his hometown of Birmingham, along with three other individuals on terrorism offenses related to the war in Syria.British police...
View ArticleEurope's fascist resurgence: East and West
Text The rise of far-right "anti-Europe" parties in the Europarliament elections echoes escalating ultra-nationalist and neo-fascist rhetoric on both sides in the Russo-Ukraine conflict.The May 24...
View ArticleUK court says Libyan can sue over rendition
Text A British court ruled that former Libyan rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj can sue the UK government for its alleged role in his detention and rendition.A British court ruled (PDF) Oct. 30 that...
View ArticleUK announces sweeping anti-terrorism bill
Text The UK Home Secretary announced a new Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill that would expand travel restrictions and Internet surveillance.UK Home Secretary Theresa May on Nov. 24 outlined the new...
View ArticleScotland to have more independent powers
Text The UK's Smith Commission on devolution concluded that Scotland's parliament should have greater independence, but the country's leaders found it insufficient.The UK's body on strengthening...
View ArticleBahrain: protests against British base deal
Text Protests were held in the Bahraini island city of Sitra against an agreement signed between the kingdom and Great Britain to establish a new military base in the Persian Gulf state.Protests held...
View ArticleUS sentences Muslim cleric to life imprisonment
Text The US sentenced Egyptian-born cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to life in prison for supporting terrorism. The European Court of Human Rights had earlier barred his extradition.The US District Court...
View ArticleBritish ship embarks on migrant rescue mission
Text A British warship in the Mediterranean launched a mission to rescue over 500 migrants stranded at sea, but no word was given on what would be their fate after "rescue."A British warship sailing...
View ArticleObama pursues nuclear 'modernization'—not disarmament
Text Despite early pledges to seek a nuclear-free world, Obama is launching a "modernization" of the US arsenal that actually makes atomic war more likely.The Center for Strategic and Budgetary...
View ArticlePutin pries Western leaders from anti-Assad stance
Text 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."We've noted that...
View ArticleGuantánamo Bay prisoner to be released to UK
Text The White House announced plans to release Guantánamo Bay inmate Shaker Aamer to the United Kingdom, following extensive lobbying by British politicians.The Obama administration on Sept. 25...
View ArticleLast UK detainee released from Gitmo
Text The last remaining British inmate at Guantánamo Bay, Shaker Aamer, was released to the UK, bringing the number detainees at the facility to 112.The US Department of Defense (DoD) on Oct. 30...
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UK Supreme Court hears Libya rendition claim
Text 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.libya.jpg.gifThe UK...
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UK: Iraq vets may face prosecution for war crimes
Text 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...
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Poland: thousands march against surveillance law
Text Thousands marched in Warsaw to protest the government's planned changes to the legal code that would increase surveillance over Polish citizens.pyramideye.jpgThousands of people in Poland on Jan....
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Libya: Europe's looming 'Vietnam'?
Text 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."libya.jpgAmid continued confused...
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New Zealand: Maori elder issues TPP 'veto'
Text 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.maori.jpgKingi Taurua, a...
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Britain prepares Libya intervention
Text 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.libya.jpgThe UK will be...
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