Although Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, white Raja of Sarawak, British protectorate in northwest Borneo ... “persuaded” the Sultan of Brunei to give him an East Indian kingdom in 1841, the Brookes ...

Military reserve forces in the Middle East make up an important component of any army within the region. These units provide additional manpower and capabilities to regular military forces, should the ...

Bahrain was a British protectorate for more than 100 years ... flights to two of the UK’s most important allies in the Middle ...

Imperial Airways, a predecessor to BA, launched flights to Bahrain in October 1932, marking the company's first service to the Middle East. Bahrain was a British protectorate for more than 100 ...

Once a poor British protectorate, the small nation became an independent state in 1971. Now rich in oil and natural gas, Qatar is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Just over half of ...