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Still in soft hats and unarmoured vehicles, British troops patrolled the streets of Basra on Monday, their anxieties heightened by the killing of three military policemen.

Israel has tightened security around ministers amid fears that extreme right-wing Jewish groups may attempt an assassination to undermine the fledgling "road-map" for peace in the Middle East.

By not following words with action against Al Assad in 2013, Britain helped to usher in the era of chemical weapons

The country may not be able to stay in the euro, but it must be given reason to resist Moscow

Sabotage failed to stop it in its tracks but now the Hijaz railway is set to come to a grinding halt.