Gibraltar, one of the British Overseas Territories, is on the UN list of areas awaiting decolonization. Spain has sent a survey ship into Gibraltar’s territorial waters amid continuing tension with the UK government over the sovereignty of the breakaway island nation. The Ramon Margalef, a 50-meter oceanographic survey ship defied repeated orders from British Royal Navy patrol boat HMS Sabre... 

Spain can’t trust UK on Gibraltar, official says. Spanish director general for foreign affairs has said Spain cannot trust Britain amid escalating tension between London and Madrid over Gibraltar. Speaking to the BBC’s Tom Burridge, Ignacio Ibanez said the row between the two countries would continue until a new artificial reef was removed from waters off the British-ruled territory. Moreover,... 

Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says the government will take “all necessary measures” to defend its interests in British-held territory of Gibraltar amid a diplomatic row with London. Rajoy’s remarks on Friday came after reports revealed that the British Royal Navy is set to send aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and two frigates to Gibraltar... 

Britain sends warships to Gibraltar as dispute with Spain continues. Britain is sending navy warships to Gibraltar amid growing tension between London and Madrid over the territory’s sovereignty. According to reports, Royal Navy rapid-reaction force including aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and two frigates will sail for the Mediterranean on Monday, August 12 for a four-month deployment after... 

British PM David Cameron (R), his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the UK, has held phone talks with his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy to voice “serious concerns” about recent events surrounding Gibraltar and its border crossing into Spain, local media reported. This comes after Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo announced earlier that... 

The UK government has described as “illegal incursion” the entrance by a Spanish Guardia Civil vessel into British territorial waters around Gibraltar, local media reported. The incident is said to have happened on Sunday when the Guardia Civil vessel strayed into the territorial waters and an officer onboard the vessel fired a weapon. In a statement, Europe Minister David Lidington, strongly... 

The amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall operates off the coast of Killick, Haiti. The United States has dispatched three warships to Israel to evacuate US citizens caught up in the Israel-Gaza conflict in the event of need. The three ships, USS Iwo Jima, the USS New York and the USS Gunston Hall are returning from Gibraltar to eastern Mediterranean to remain on standby to assist Americans... 

August is a black month for the Russian Navy. On August 12, 2000 the nuclear submarine “Kursk” sank, on August 30, 2003 submarine “K-159” sank in the Barents Sea, on August 7 of 2005 bathyscaphe “AC-28” almost sank off the coast of Kamchatka. The loss of “Kursk” 12 years ago still causes heated discussions: how could this happen? At the time, “Pravda.Ru”... 

Spain will take its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Gibraltar Rock to the United Nations, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says, after the provocative projection of British Queen’s giant image on the Rock earlier this week. The image of the Queen was projected on the northern face of the rock next to Britain’s flag on Tuesday night as the youngest son of the Queen and his wife...