Britain is stoned at home and sold out in Helmand
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: The vast increase in opium poppy farming in Afghanistan is indicative of an inability to grasp a basic law of economics.
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Dozens of people opposed to the war in Iraq held a "die-in" outside the Houses of Parliament in London, demanding that British troops come home, while similar rallies took place across the country.
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Out in the deserts of Afghanistan's Helmand province, young British troops are getting their first taste of combat in austere conditions, with air support sometimes a long time coming and trucks that are not roadworthy.
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European papers are horrified by images of British troops allegedly abusing Iraqi prisoners and consider the implications for Britain's image abroad and Tony Blair's standing at home.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Demonstrators stormed U.N. compounds and stoned U.S...
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&#39;&#39;Please help me. Please help me. This might be my last hours. Please help me. Please, the British people, ask Mr. Blair to take the troops out of Iraq, and not to bring them here to Baghdad.
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A North American energy company which operates a major North Sea oil field is selling its British division for 2.1 billion (Â£1.14 billion), it was announced today.
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World News &gt; London, Sept 30 : The Tony Blair government has allowed the Gurkhas in the British Army to settle in the UK and gain British citizenship.
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One of the largest-ever series of drug raids is carried out on properties in London and home counties
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At least 10,000 anti-war demonstrators marched through the northern English city of Manchester on Saturday, protesting the presence of British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.Comment
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Members of the &quot;Barmy Army&quot; travelling supporters' group which follows the England cricket team have put the spice back into the Ashes series by ordering a curry delivery from back home to go all the way out to Australia.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will order nearly half the nation's troops in Iraq home by the end of 2007, British news organizations report. The move comes as the U.S. is sending more troops into Iraq. The war has claimed more than 130 British lives, has never been popular with the British public and has cost Blair politically.
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Thousands of anti-war campaigners took to the streets of London last night calling for an end to the &quot;illegal occupation&quot; of Iraq by US-led coalition troops.
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The UK government faces fresh claims that its troops in Afghanistan lack vital equipment.
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Tony Blair says his country's troops have done their job in Basra. But analysts say the situation there is far worse
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BASRA, Iraq  - Protected by U.S. Black Hawk  helicopters, Britain's Tony Blair flew into Iraq on Tuesday in  a surprise show of political bravado designed to boost  prospects for Iraqi elections and cheer UK troops before  Christmas.
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Â· Cakes laced with thallium left at popular sports club Â· Britain sends antidote to Basra base and hospitals