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  • Friday, June 30th 2017 - 16:49 UTC

    Change of Governor of the Falkland Islands

    Mr Nigel Phillips CBE new Governor Falkland Islands and Her Majesty’s Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

    Mr Nigel Phillips CBE has been appointed Governor of the in succession to Mr Colin Roberts CVO who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Phillips will take up his appointment in September 2017.

  • Friday, June 30th 2017 - 03:57 UTC

    Slovenia wins legal territorial dispute against Croatia in The Hague

    The disputed waters, which belonged to the former Yugoslavia before its disintegration, were claimed by both countries.

    A Court of Arbitration in The Hague Thursday ruled in favour of Slovenia in its legal dispute with Croatia and ordered that the maritime border between the two countries be modified in the coming months. The decision has not been accepted by Zagreb.

  • Friday, June 30th 2017 - 01:33 UTC

    Kissinger in Moscow meets privately with Putin

    Putin and Kissinger have maintained warm personal relations over a number of years

    Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday welcomed former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who is visiting Russia to attend the Primakov Readings, an international conference of top-rated political experts. The meeting took place at the Kremlin.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2017 - 21:36 UTC

    Chile Day 2017 speech by Sir Alan Duncan

    Sir Alan Duncan speaking at Chile Day 2017

    Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan spoke of the strength of the UK-Chile relationship, our historical ties and common values. Chile Day's objective include strengthening ties between the City of London and representatives from Chilean capital markets

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 17:21 UTC

    Chinese Navy launches 10,000-tonne destroyer

    The new Type 055 ship is comparable in size to the latest destroyers fielded in Asian waters by the United States, Japan and South Korea

    China's Navy Wednesday launched a new 10,000-tonne domestically designed and produced destroyer. The vessel, of the Type 055 class, is the first of a new generation of destroyers equipped with new air defense, anti-missile, anti-ship and anti-submarine weapons, and it is regarded as a challenge to naval rivals in Asia. The ship entered the water following a ceremony at Shanghai's Jiangnan Shipyard.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 15:07 UTC

    FRIGATES SECURE THE SEAS FOR HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH ON MAIDEN SEA VOYAGE

    Type 23 frigates Sutherland and Iron Duke have now joined the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier

    Two Royal Navy frigates have joined HMS Queen Elizabeth to secure the seas around the giant aircraft carrier as she embarks on her maiden sea trials. HMS Sutherland and HMS Iron Duke are escorting the Royal Navy's largest ever warship as she conducts vital system tests off the coast of Scotland today.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 03:20 UTC

    Sturgeon puts independence referendum off until better days

    Sturgeon admitted that “we face a Brexit that we didn’t vote for and in a form more extreme than any of us could have imagined one year ago.”

    Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Tuesday admitted she needed to “reset” her referendum strategy and that she had abandoned her demands for a new independence referendum before the signing of the Brexit deal.

  • Tuesday, June 27th 2017 - 19:29 UTC

    HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first QE Class aircraft carrier takes to sea for the 1st. time

    HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first QE Class aircraft carrier, set sail from Rosyth to commence first stage sea trials off the north-east of Scotland.

    The largest warship ever built in the UK eased into the Firth of Forth as it set out on two years of sea trials HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier, left her dock in Scotland in a delicate operation that took around three hours.

  • Tuesday, June 27th 2017 - 15:46 UTC

    Trump's revised travel ban scores first SCOTUS win

    Justice Neil Gorsuch, appointed to the SCOTUS by Trump, was among those for whom “national security outweighs any hardship.”

    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday partially lifted an injunction on President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban and thus allowed restrictions on citizens from certain predominantly Muslim countries to go into effect.

  • Monday, June 26th 2017 - 03:48 UTC

    David Davis wants PM May to stay in office during Brexit talks

    David Davis has faith in PM Theresa May to lead UK through Brexit

    Britain's chief Brexit negotiator David Davis warned Sunday that any attempt from within the Conservative Party to have Prime Minister Theresa May replaced would be “catastrophic” as the European Union might push for a “punishment deal.” Davis also said that no deal at all would be better than such an agreement. Archbishop of Canterbury also takes a stand.