The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has warned Brits travelling to Thailand that they could be "held in detention" if they pack a common British game

A British tourist has been missing for a week after going for a hike in the Italian Alps. Matthew Hall, 33, from Hull, has not been seen since Tuesday 8 July, after he set out on a solo walk from an Airbnb in the town of Chiavenna, just north of Lake Como, in Lombardy, northern Italy.

The incident was reported to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office. British diplomats came under fire in Tripoli late last month, as Libya is wracked by rising instability and geopolitical tension.

The British Commonwealth consists of 56 countries—mostly former British territories, though it is not a requirement. To join, a nation should “accept and comply with Commonwealth fundamental values,” which, according to the 1971 Declaration of Commonwealth Principles, include “equal rights for all citizens regardless of race, colour, creed or political belief,” and an opposition to ...

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from Dec. 11, 1936 until Feb. 6, 1952. In 1966, ...

Every November, members of the British royal family wear a red poppy pin, a meaningful accessory that honors military members who have died in wars. We look into the history of the poppy pin and ...

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: Loose Connection. 5 minute read. TIME. October 25, 1948 12:00 AM GMT-5. For some 200 years, Lloyd’s of London had known every day of the Empire’s growth—every new wharf ...

December 26 is Boxing Day, a British holiday that's celebrated in the U.K. and commonwealth countries, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Here's a brief look at its history.

The Commonwealth membership criteria don’t specify the need for legislation or a treaty to join. Yet membership could, at least at first glance, impose some constraints on American sovereignty. Feature the requirement that member nations “acknowledge His Majesty King Charles III as the Head of the Commonwealth.”

The less said about the British Commonwealth, on the other hand, the better. It is an actual imperial cope, from those whose main achievement in life was to lose the empire built by their far ...

Americans don't celebrate mainly because the country is not part of the British Commonwealth and the holiday did not become officially recognized until 1871, almost a century after the U.S. gained ...