Diego Garcia-Chagos Islands

Diego Garcia-Chagos Islands at Center of Growing Dispute as UK Delays Chagos Sovereignty Deal and Mauritius Considers Legal Challenge

The long-running dispute over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago has entered a new and uncertain phase as tensions rise between the United Kingdom and Mauritius over delays in implementing a landmark treaty that would transfer control of the islands....
Wizz Air

Wizz Air Flight Escorted by Israeli Fighters After Wi-Fi Hotspot Name Triggers Mid-Air Security Alert

A routine Wizz Air passenger flight from London Luton Airport to Tel Aviv turned into a high-security incident on approach to Israel after a passenger’s personal Wi-Fi hotspot name triggered alarm bells, prompting Israeli air defense forces to scramble fighter...
UK-French

Once Enforcers of Unequal Treaties, UK and France Re-engage Beijing 166 Years After the Opium Wars That Defined China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’

For much of modern Chinese political consciousness, history begins not with triumph but with trauma. It began with the Opium Wars of the 19th century, when European imperial powers forced China’s Qing dynasty into a series of humiliating defeats that...
Avro Arrow

Was Canada’s Indigenous Fighter Jet Sabotaged by the US and Secretly Smuggled to Britain? The Avro Arrow Mystery Revisited

By any measure, Canada’s long and tortured decision to buy the F-35 fighter jet has become more than a procurement dispute. It has turned into a national reckoning—one that has dragged a 66-year-old wound back into the open and reignited...
British Army drone warfare

Drones Are Changing Warfare, but Infantry Will Still End Up Fighting in Muddy Holes, British Officers Warn

A British Army infantry battalion that has rapidly embraced drone warfare says the technology may reshape the battlefield, but it is unlikely to fundamentally alter the daily reality of infantry soldiers anytime soon. The 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards,...
SSN-AUKUS

Australia’s $368 Billion AUKUS Bet in Doubt: With Nuclear Submarines Nowhere in Sight, Can B-2 Bombers Step In to Counter China?

More than four years after the AUKUS security pact was unveiled with fanfare, serious doubts are deepening in Australia over whether its most ambitious promise — nuclear-powered submarines — can ever be delivered as planned. While the United States and...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Second Woman Alleges Jeffrey Epstein Sent Her to UK for Sexual Encounter With Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at Royal Lodge

A second woman has come forward alleging that she was trafficked to the United Kingdom by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein for a sexual encounter with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, according to her lawyer, in claims that add renewed pressure on the...
West Midlands Police Chief Craig Guildford Retires Amid Backlash Over Controversial Ban of Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans in Birmingham

West Midlands Police Chief Craig Guildford Retires Amid Backlash Over Controversial Ban of Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans in Birmingham

A top UK police chief has retired amid public and political pressure following a controversial decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans from a Birmingham match. Craig Guildford, 52, who served as chief constable of West Midlands Police, stepped...
UK Police

Australian Man Dies After Being Hit by Police Vehicle in London

An Australian man has died after being struck by a police vehicle responding to an emergency in London, authorities confirmed on Thursday. David Clark, 35, who lived in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, was crossing the road near the junction of Borough...
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