Comment: We must be allowed to return home to the Chagos Islands
A planned UK marine park does not change the fact that the Chagossian people have always been the guardians of Chagos Islands.
Drones, robots and microchips: The future of warfare revealed
Technology is making war worse rather than better, an international relations professor has said.
Foreign Office hints at action over last Brit in Guantanamo
The UK Foreign Office will continue to press for the return of Shaker Aamer, the last British citizen held in Guantanamo.
Comment: Chavez was a towering leader who deserved better critics
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died last night following a lung infection, was not the tinpot dictator described by his critics – he was a Bolivarian leader brave enough to use oil revenue to help the poor.
Ten ways Obama’s second term will shape Britain
As Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington DC heralds the start of the US president’s second term in the White House, here’s a run-through of the most important challenges coming up in the next four years.
UK student fined £20k by US court
A British student has agreed to pay £20,000 in order to have a piracy case against him in the US dropped.
US ‘very disappointed’ by McKinnon decision
Theresa May’s decision to block the extradition to America of alleged computer hacker Gary McKinnon is not the action of a top ally, according to a leading US official.
Review: Armando Iannucci’s Veep
Armando Iannucci follows in the footsteps of The Thick Of It and In The Loop with political comedy ‘Veep’.
Cameron and Obama stand firm
Pair still committed to ‘responsible’ Afghan exit
Cameron and Obama reaffirm ‘essential’ relationship
Britain and the United States’ alliance is a “partnership of the heart”, David Cameron and Barack Obama have declared.
