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The end of Britain’s era of war?

The end of Britain’s era of war?

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have presided over more than a decade of almost continuous war. It started with air strikes on Iraq in 1998. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Iraq proper, and ‘a much bigger Afghan commitment’ followed. Much of the sentiment regarding the largely Western-waged war on terror has made Britain regard the war in Afghanistan [...]
The Kosovo government calls for the end of the UN mission in the territory

The Kosovo government calls for the end of the UN mission in the territory

After a year of independence, the government of the Republic of Kosovo has asked the UN Security Council to end the agency’s mission (UNMIK) that, since 1999, has been responsible for managing the Balkan territory on behalf of the international community. Kosovo Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni said during the recent reunion of the UN’s highest [...]