In April 1941, the British-backed government of Iraq was overthrown in a coup. The new government threatened the RAF bases in the country and requested German support. Britain responded by invading Iraq and reinstalling a friendly regime.
Fighting continued in East Africa for a few days after the end of World War I in Europe, until news ...
The Spanish government swiftly clamped down on the 2017 Catalan independence attempt while Iraq pushed Kurdistan to come to terms ...
Since 2003 Australasia has seen continued political stability, with no significant military events occurring after the 2006 Fijian coup. The ...
In 2016 Colombia finally negotiated an end to its five decades-long civil war. Meanwhile, with falling oil prices undermining Venezuela ...
In 2015 the US and Cuba normalized relations, finally bringing an end to the last significant Cold War rivalry in ...
China's economy continued with its impressive growth into the late-2010s but in 2017 international tensions in East Asia escalated ...
The past few years have seen the continued decline of Arctic sea ice, with sea ice extents reaching record lows ...
The BBC is making use of Omniatlas maps to show the changing face of Europe over the past 150 years ...
The signing of the Belavezha Accords and secession of Russia ended all hopes of preserving Soviet power. On 25 December ...
The 1969 Sino-Soviet conflict encouraged the United States to improve relations with the People's Republic of China, leading to ...