Two British brothers who travelled to Syria apparently with the intention of attending a rebel training camp have been jailed, becoming the first to be sentenced for such offenses in the UK. Mohommod Nawaz, 30, was handed a four-and-a-half year prison term and his younger brother Hamza Nawaz, 23, was given three years at London’s […]
Briton, Frenchman seen in Islamic State video of beheadings
A British medical student and a Frenchman who went to Syria last year are believed to have appeared in a video showing a squad of Islamic State jihadists beheading Syrian soldiers and displaying the severed head of American aid worker Peter Kassig. Ahmed Muthana told Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper his 20-year-old son, Nasser Muthana, appeared […]
Britain loses an “A” in its credit rating
British Chancellor George Osborne today refused to admit he had failed in his commitment to protect Britain’s credit rating, despite seeing it downgraded by leading agency Moody’s yesterday afternoon. In the wake of Moody’s reducing Britain one notch to AA1, Mr Osborne claimed the country’s credibility was intact hit back at calls for him to […]
UK to train Lebanese troops amid fears of Syria overspill
Britain will help train 2,000 Lebanese soldiers this year amid heightened concern that Syria’s neighbour will be sucked into the country’s civil war, the Foreign Secretary has said. The announcement by William Hague during a two-day visit to Lebanon came amid a tense face-off between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the Lebanese militant group […]
Europeans Warned to Evacuate Libya’s Benghazi
Several European governments urged their citizens to evacuate the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in response to what the U.K. described as “a specific and imminent threat to Westerners,” highlighting jitters in the region after last week’s deadly hostage siege at a natural-gas facility in Algeria.
Civil war traps indebted Syrian students, report
Syrian students at British universities have been trapped in the UK without money to pay fees or meet their living costs because of the civil war in their home country.
12,000 hours of flying time didn’t help helicopter pilot
The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in central London had thousands of hours of aviation experience, including flying for films such as Die Another Day and Saving Private Ryan. Pete Barnes, who died when the helicopter he was flying hit a crane on a high building and crashed on to a street in Vauxhall, […]
Helicopter crash in central London kills 2
A helicopter apparently crashed into a crane atop a high-rise building in central London during the morning rush hour Wednesday, falling to earth and killing at least two people, police said.
British companies to search for Lebanon’s offshore oil and gas?
British companies could soon be involved in the search for oil and gas off Lebanon’s shores. At least that’s the hope of the UK government who are asking British companies to register an interest in searching for oil and gas in Lebanon’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). They have until the end of February 2013 to […]
Top British executives warn UK PM against leaving EU
Top executives have warned U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron that he could damage Britain’s economy if he seeks to renegotiate the terms of its membership of the 27-country European Union. In a letter published in the Financial Times