23 Russian diplomats are ousted from the United Kingdom

Theresa May, Britain’s Prime Minister, has made it very clear that the UK holds the Russian government responsible for the recent Salisbury nerve agent attack. Sergei Skripal, once a Russian double agent, and his daughter Yulia were the primary targets in the attack that is still being investigated. In light of the events, the United […]

What Russia’s ‘Novichok’ nerve agent does to the body

A Russian nerve agent has been making the headlines after the assassination attempt of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. The former was a Russian military intelligence officer charged spying on his own, and the latter was his daughter. After some prison time, Mr. Skripal took his daughter and they were traded to England where they could be […]

European Union: The nature of the beast

The idea of a common European identity existed in academia long before WWII, but the devastation that WWII brought to the continent made people think long and hard how we could stop slaughtering each other on such scales. The two main actors in the notion were France and Germany. The first time they fought each other […]

British aid workers in Syria could be on drone ‘kill list’

British aid workers stranded in Syria after having their citizenships revoked could be targets for British and American drone strikes even as they await the verdicts of their appeals, human rights campaigners have warned. Those fears are based on concerns that out-of-country citizenship deprivations have been a “prelude” to extra-judicial killings, and the willingness of […]

On this day in history Oct 16th: The UK effectively bans handguns

Compared to the United States the United Kingdom is known for its strict policies on firearms, particularly handguns.  On 16 October, 1996, the 23 official recommendations were made that enabled the banning of handguns from private ownership throughout the UK. This decision was made just after the most deadly shooting in UK history, what is […]

Watch: HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier Enters Portsmouth Harbour

Watch and enjoy the festivities as the new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier arrives home in Portsmouth Harbour. HMS Queen Elizabeth entered Portsmouth Harbour for the first time at about 07:10 BST following extensive preparations at the naval base. The 65,000-tonne ship has been undergoing sea trials since setting sail from Rosyth dockyard in Fife, […]

Op-Ed: Extremism is extremism no matter who you claim to be

London’s problems continued this week as an unknown man drove a car through worshippers outside a Mosque in Finsbury Park. Ramadan is in full swing and far from being a peaceful time it has descended into chaos as people who have no understanding of anything religious conduct tit for tat style attacks. From one community, […]

Spy agencies from ‘Five eyes’ gather in New Zealand: PM, sources

New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English was flying to the mountainous resort city of Queenstown on Tuesday to meet intelligence officials from the “Five Eyes” network, which includes the U.S. FBI, CIA and National Security Agency. The meetings, designed to facilitate intelligence sharing between the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, are […]

Selection for British SAS: Life in the thick of the trees (Part 4)

Read Part Three HERE. This was it—the Trees Phase of selection. We were just above the canopy and traveling at speed, contouring the tops of the trees. The vastness of the jungle was immense; before we were airborne for 10 minutes, all you could see was trees. Clearings came and went, bends in rivers were just visible sometimes, […]