Although Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, white Raja of Sarawak, British protectorate in northwest Borneo, has the power of life & death over 500,000 brown-skinned subjects, he has never been able to ...

The territory was a British protectorate until 1960 when it unified with the rest of present-day Somalia, which had been under Italian rule. The merger faced challenges early on, with many in ...

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 ...

Many changes occurred after the country became a British protectorate in 1901. For instance, Africans were forced to adopt Western education, learn English, convert to Christianity, export cash ...

Bahrain was a British protectorate for more than 100 years before it gained independence in 1971. Meanwhile, Kuwait became a British protectorate in 1899 and achieved independence in 1961.

King Charles III’s coronation on Saturday will be attended by several leaders and royals from the Middle East and North Africa - a region in which Britain has a long and chequered history as a ...