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Russia ‘monitoring’ US nukes move to UK
Time exposure shot of testing of the LGM-118A Peacekeeper re-entry vehicles at the Kwajalein Atoll, all eight fired from one missile. The Peacekeeper is a US ballistic missile payload containing several warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit one of a group of targets.
Moscow says it is closely watching a possible deployment of the United States nuclear missiles in Europe.
Kremlin press secretary...
Britain 'reserves right' to arm Ukraine
Ukrainian army troops on the outskirts of the city of Izium.
Britain has joined the United States in saying it reserves the right to supply the Kiev government with lethal aid amid a new round of peace talks over the crisis in eastern Ukraine.
Britain will not allow the Ukrainian army to collapse in its fight against pro-Russians in eastern Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond stated during...
UK to seek tighter bans on Russia
The UK will tighten sanctions against Russia if Moscow does not help in investigating a Malaysian airliner crash in Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.
On July 17, Malaysian Airline flight MH17, which was travelling to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam, crashed, killing all 298 people on board. There is speculation that the Boeing 777 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile while flying...
Ukraine sure to join EU soon: Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko greets supporters from a car as she leaves her prison hospital in Kharkiv on February 22, 2014.
Ukraine’s opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko says she is sure the country will join the European Union (EU) in the near future.
Tymoshenko made the comment on Saturday minutes after she was released from the hospital where she had been held under prison guard...
UK and Iran's foreign ministers finally meet to improve relations
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meets with British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) at the UN Headquarters in New York City, September 23, 2013.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague have met and discussed, inter alia, the improvement of Tehran-London relations.
The meeting was held at the UN headquarters in New York City on Monday.
Zarif...
'Friends of Syria' gather to talk arms aid
US Ambassador to Qatar Susan Ziadeh (L) walks with US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) and Ambassador Ibrahim Fakhroo, the Qatari Chief of Protocol, on Kerry’s arrival in Doha, June 22, 2013.
Foreign ministers of the so-called “Friends of Syria” group of nations have gathered in the Qatari capital Doha to decide on arming militants fighting in Syria.
Top diplomats from Egypt, France, Germany,...
UK accuses Argentina of bullying over Falkland Islands
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has accused Argentina of “bullying and intimidatory” behavior following his Argentine counterpart Hector Timmerman’s comments that the Malvinas Islands (Falklands) will be controlled from Buenos Aires in 20 years.
Hague insisted that the South Atlantic islands will remain under British rule for centuries, labeling Timmerman’s remarks as “fantasy”...
Argentina says it will control Falklands within 20 years
The Falkland Islands will be under Argentina’s control within 20 years, the country’s foreign minister told British press, claiming that the UK “has never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity to find a solution” to the issue.
Speaking to reporters from The Guardian and The Independent, Hector Timerman stressed that “not one single country in the world” supports Britain’s claims...
Argentina: UK's Falkland referendum proposal illegal
Argentina has dismissed Britain’s proposal for a referendum that would let residents of the disputed Malvinas Islands decide whether to remain under British colonial rule as “illegal.”
“The referendum is illegal because the United Nations declared it to be a nation implanted since 1833 when London invaded and expelled the Argentine inhabitants,” Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector...
UK: Israeli raid on Syria is justified
British Foreign Secretary William Hague claims the Israeli regime’s violation of Syria’s airspace in the air raid on a Syrian army research center is a “reaction” to the Syrian crisis rather than a breach of the country’s sovereignty.
“I’m not going to give any condemnation of Israel, rushing to any criticism,” Hague told the BBC.
In a clear attempt to whitewash the Israeli aggression,...
UK and Italy join forces on terror
Following the tragic events of a failed hostage rescue operation in Nigeria, Britain and Italy have taken diplomatic strides to enhance cooperation in counter-terrorism efforts. The announcement came after Foreign Secretary William Hague and his Italian counterpart, Giulio Terzi, engaged in discussions in Rome, addressing the aftermath of the unsuccessful mission that resulted in the loss of engineers...