Tony Blair

Major wars, along with scientific and technological inventions, have shaped the course of history. The world has witnessed two major wars within a generation and several small ones in the twentieth century, which has been the most destructive era so far. Despite the pain and suffering they cause, armed conflicts continue to ravage the world.

Britain's ex-leader Tony Blair again apologised Oct. 25 for certain aspects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, adding there were "elements of truth" to the view it was connected to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.

Greek Parliament may not have a special committee for the Friends of the Parthenon, but Australian lawmakers do! On Wednesday, Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten joined more than 60 Australian MPs and leaders of the New South Wales community to launch the Parliamentary Friends of the Parthenon group.

‘If you have a safe place to go then you should go there’ Former Prime Minister of UK Tony Blair said to Muammar Gaddafi on the phone when his regime began to collapse.

The conversation between Mr Blair and Gaddafi was made public as part of the latest emails released from when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State in response to a freedom of information request.

Anti-austerity leftwinger Jeremy Corbyn's crushing win to become leader of Britain's opposition Labour could divide his party's MPs but give a boost to its grassroots power, commentators said on Sept. 13.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was on Thursday in Belgrade "in an official visit," the daily Blic said it learned unofficially.

The Belgrade-based paper wrote that Blair spent one day in Serbia, and quoted a government source as saying:

Voting ends on Sept.10 in the leadership contest for Britain's main opposition Labour party after a campaign dominated by the shock popularity of radical left candidate Jeremy Corbyn, who looks set to win.

The Palestinian Authority on August 18 accused Hamas of holding secret talks with Israel that would endorse the separation of Palestinian territories.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair appealed to members of his Labour party to prevent a left-wing socialist candidate being elected its new leader, warning of electoral "annihilation".
 

Jeremy Corbyn, the most left-wing of four candidates, is the clear frontrunner for the leadership of Britain's opposition Labour Party, according to a YouGov opinion poll for the Times newspaper published on Aug. 11.