Tag: Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson would make ‘excellent’ British PM: Trump

LONDON: US President Donald Trump said Friday that British former foreign minister Boris Johnson would make an "excellent" prime minister to replace Theresa May. Trump...

Brexit deal reached: May wins cabinet backing but critics rage

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May said that she won her Cabinet’s backing for a draft divorce deal with the European Union after a...

Mr Bean defends Boris Johnson over burka comments

Mr Bean aka Rowan Atkinson has defended Boris Johnson after a controversy erupted on his comments on women wearing burkas, Yahoo UK has reported. The...

Britain in a frenzy over Boris Johnson’s burqa comments

  LONDON: In a quiet summer week, a disparaging quip about the burqa by ex-foreign secretary Boris Johnson has sparked a frenzied debate in Britain...

UK Conservatives to investigate Boris Johnson burqa comments

LONDON: Britain's governing Conservative Party will ask a panel to investigate whether former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson breached its code of conduct with a...

Armeena Khan schools former London mayor Boris Johnson on freedom of...

Former London mayor and British former foreign secretary Boris Johnson in a recent interview commented that Muslim women wearing full-face veils "look like letterboxes"...

UK PM May scolds Johnson for burqa remark after outcry

LONDON (Reuters): British Prime Minister Theresa May has scolded her former foreign minister, Boris Johnson, for saying that Muslim women who wear burqas look...

UK politician Boris Johnson draws ire with burqa comments

  LONDON: The chairman of Britain's governing Conservative Party has asked former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to apologise for a newspaper column in which he...

UK says greatly values partnership with Pakistan

Johnson accepts Asif’s invitation to visit Pakistan LONDON/ISLAMABAD: Minister for Foreign Affairs Khawaja Muhammad Asif called on British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth...

UK interested in joining CPEC, Johnson tells Ahsan

Interior minister raises problems of Pakistani students, business people in getting British visas LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said that the United Kingdom...

Britain FM to visit Moscow first time in five years amid...

MOSCOW: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Friday will hold talks in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the first official visit...

Military option must stay open with North Korea’s nuclear program: Johnson

LONDON: A military option must remain on the table in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear program, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Monday, adding...

Russia has to show it can be trusted: Britain’s Boris Johnson

  Russia will have to prove it can be trusted again but there was no appetite among Western allies for a new cold war, British...

World leaders criticise Trump immigration move

Several world leaders and governments have hit out at the immigration restrictions imposed by US President Donald Trump. Here are some of the top reactions: Downing...

Boris Johnson urged to use Myanmar trip to press Aung San...

The British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, will make a delicate visit to Myanmar on Friday to try to press Aung San Suu Kyi to...

British High Comission hosts Boris Johnson

The visiting British foreign secretary Boris Johnson was feted at a dinner in Islamabad at the UK High Commissioner’s residence on Thursday. Several politicians were...

Boris Johnson to arrive in Lahore tomorrow

  The British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson will arrive in Lahore on Thursday on a one day trip. During his trip to Lahore, British minister will...