LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron was expected to discuss the crackdown on anti-regime protesters in Bahrain during talks with the Gulf state's crown prince on Thursday.
Bahrain has been strongly criticised by international human rights groups for its crackdown, which has included requesting troops from neighbouring Saudi Arabia to help put down protests against th [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Britain and France next week for talks on the peace process, his office said on Tuesday.
"The prime minister will meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy and discuss diplomatic issues with them," the statement said.
No dates or other details were given in the state [...]
MISRATA, Libya (AFP) - A rebel official in Libya's besieged city of Misrata desperately pleaded Tuesday for Britain and France to send in troops to help against the forces of strongman Moamer Kadhafi, saying "if they don't, we will die."
In what was the first request by any insurgents for boots on the ground, a senior member of Misrata's governing council, Nuri Abdullah Abdullati, s [...]
LONDON (AFP) - Britain warned Tuesday against all but essential travel to Syria after a bloody weekend crackdown on anti-regime demonstrators.
"In light of the deteriorating security situation in Syria we have decided to change the overall level of our travel advice: we now advise against all but essential travel to Syria," Foreign Office Minister for Middle East and North Africa Al [...]
TRIPOLI (AFP) - Moamer Kadhafi's son said on Thursday that victory was in sight against rebels fighting his father's iron-fisted regime after loyalist forces retook two key towns and Western powers fretted over how to deal with the escalating civil war.
Seif al-Islam spoke after NATO and the European Union had started 48 hours of crisis talks, amid growing calls for the imposition of a no [...]
LONDON (AFP) - Britain sought Wednesday to soothe strained ties with Israel by publishing an amendment to a law that puts visiting officials at risk of arrest for alleged war crimes, sparking outrage from rights groups.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said the change would ensure that private arrest warrants for offences under certain international laws, including the Geneva Convention, w [...]
ABU DHABI (AFP) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip arrived in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, more than three decades after their only other visit to the oil-rich United Arab Emirates.
On her first stop, the queen, dressed in white and gold, visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and the tomb of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, the UAE founding ruler who died in 2004.
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LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague on Friday called the power-sharing deal struck in Iraq a "significant step forward" for the country after months of political deadlock.
"I was very pleased to hear of the agreement on the appointment of the Iraqi president, prime minister and speaker of the council of representatives," Hague said in a statement.
"This is a signific [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Foreign Secretary William Hague pledged on Thursday that Britain would act fast to amend a law that puts visiting Israeli officials at risk of arrest for alleged war crimes, an embassy official said.
Britain's top diplomat, who was visiting Israel, made the remarks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during "a very productive meeting" that lasted for more than an hour, the Br [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel has postponed all strategic dialogue with Britain in protest at a law which allows British courts to prosecute visiting Israeli officials for alleged war crimes, officials said Wednesday.
Strategic dialogue between the two countries takes place annually and focuses on defence and security issues.
"The strategic dialogue has indeed been postponed," foreign ministr [...]
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