Stephen Castle
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 05:45
The British Parliament on Wednesday authorized airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State, in a vote that became a wider test of British willingness to play an active role in international affairs, and British warplanes made their first attacks hours later.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 07:03
Underscoring its warming relations with Iran, Britain announced Tuesday that “the circumstances are right” to reopen the British Embassy in Tehran and that it would establish a small presence there as soon as is practical.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 00:00
The countries plan to compile an inventory of the lasting damage they believe they suffered and then demand an apology and reparations from the former colonial powers of Britain, France and the Netherlands.