When Foreign Secretary William Hague raised the Union Flag over the new offices on April 25, the UK became the first EU country to return to the Somali capital since the ruinous civil war that began in the early 1990s.

My personal priority during the UK's Presidency of the G8 this year is to secure new international action against the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war.

"He inserted a rat in her vagina. She was screaming. Afterwards we saw blood on the floor. He told her: 'Is this good enough for you?' They were mocki...

Two weeks ago the crackdown on peaceful protests at the university in Aleppo triggered a hemorrhage of support for the government. The international reaction to the Houla massacre seems set to accelerate that erosion.

The Friends of Syria conference didn't address demands for regime change. Instead it sought the minimum: allowance for humanitarian aid. But Syria isn't pleading for aid from the international community.

LONDON -- An attack on Iran would carry huge costs, Britain's foreign minister warned Saturday. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a new...

BRUSSELS — The European Union and Iran raised the stakes Monday in their test of wills over the Islamic republic's nuclear program, with the blo...

LONDON -- Britain's government-commissioned inquiry into the possible abuse of terrorism suspects during the so-called "war on terror" was scrapped We...

YANGON, Myanmar — British Foreign Secretary William Hague cautioned Friday while visiting Myanmar that foreign supporters of democracy must not slac...

YANGON, Myanmar — British Foreign Secretary William Hague cautioned Friday while visiting Myanmar that foreign supporters of democracy must not ...

LONDON — British intelligence agencies foiled an attack on the leadership of Libya's National Transitional Council and Western representatives b...

By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Britain's foreign secretary called Monday on African countries to turn over wanted senior memb...

LONDON — Britain has officially recognized Libya's main opposition group as the country's legitimate government, and Wednesday expelled all dipl...

BRUSSELS -- Britain says it will block plans to establish a permanent European Union military headquarters because it would weaken the NATO alliance. ...

LONDON -- Ronald Reagan was hailed as "a great American hero" Monday as his admirers unveiled a 10-foot-tall (3-meter-tall) statue of the former U.S. ...

LONDON — Iran has conducted covert tests of ballistic missiles in addition to a 10-day program of public military maneuvers, Britain alleged on ...

March 24, 2011 8:48:29 PM By Cynthia Johnston and Mohammed Ghobari SANAA, March 24 (Reuters) - Yemen's opposition stepped up efforts to remo...

To view events in Egypt through the paradigm of what they mean for Israel -- as many US commentators do -- is shocking, disgraceful and counterproductive.

Turkey's vote on Sunday further strengthened its credentials as a model of capitalist democracy in the Muslim world -- a model the West needs to promote as an antidote to extremism.

KABUL : Senior British officials, including new Foreign Secretary William Hague arrived in Afghanistan Saturday with a warning that Britain wants to w...