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Thai King Vajiralongkorn commutes the death sentence of two Burmese nationals convicted of the rape and murder of two British backpackers in 2014 in Ko Tao. The royal decree was issued to commemorate the birthday of the King, on July 28, to "illustrate the king's clemency". The pair now serve life in prison.
2020-08-15

British Muslim convert Safiyya Shaikh is sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting to suicide bomb St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London.
2020-07-3

Egyptologists announce that radar scans indicate an empty space behind King Tutankhamun's tomb. British archaeologist Dr. Nicholas Reeves speculates if a second chamber exists, it could be Queen Nefertiti's long-lost burial place. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty says work inside the tomb will not begin until all the data from the radar and infrared devices are carefully analyzed by Japanese experts.
2015-11-28

The United States conducts airstrikes targeting Kuwaiti-British militant Jihadi John. Later, the U.S. says it is "reasonably certain" a drone strike in Syria killed Jihadi John, né Mohammed Emwazi.
2015-11-13

A Malaysian court finds a local man guilty of the murder of two British students in Borneo in 2014.
2015-03-31

Former British radio DJ Ray Teret is jailed for 25 years for a series of sexual assaults on 11 girls in the 1960s and 1970s conducted in association with Jimmy Savile.
2014-12-11

Italian sisters Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo accuse celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and businessman Charles Saatchi of treating them as "worse than Filipino slaves".
2013-11-28

Two men are convicted in St John's, Antigua of the 2008 murders of British honeymoon couple Ben and Catherine Mullany.
2011-07-27

British comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams end their partnership which led to successful television shows "Come Fly With Me" and "Little Britain".
2011-06-16

Sections of the British media report that Prince Harry has been cleared to return to service in the Afghan War.
2011-06-16