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May agrees to extra £44.5 million for Calais
LONDON: Britain said it would pay an extra £44.5 million (50 million euros, $62 million) to boost security around Calais following a demand for...
Brexit vote may be reversed, says Nigel Farage
LONDON: Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Sunday he was increasingly concerned that a vote for Britain to leave the European Union could be...
Iraq PM say he will lead diverse coalition in May election
BAGHDAD: Iraq's prime minister says he will lead a "cross-sectarian" list in national elections proposed for May, hoping to build off last year's victory...
Talks to resume Russia-US cultural exchange may start by spring, says...
MOSCOW: Talks on resuming cultural exchanges between museums of Russia and United States, halted in 2010 over the so-called Schneerson Library case, may resume...
Libya may not be ready for democracy, says Haftar
TRIPOLI: The Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar has warned that the country may not be ready for democracy even though the UN is planning...
Govt to present 2018-19 budget in May
ISLAMABAD: The federal government will present the budget for the fiscal year 2018-19 for approval from the National Assembly in May 2018.
Ministry of Finance...
Plot to kill British PM May foiled
LONDON: Two men arrested last week had been charged with terrorism offences and would appear in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, according to reports.
The...
May directs strict action after harassment allegations against minister
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday called for tougher rules governing MPs’ conduct after a government minister was accused of asking his...
May to travel to Brussels for meetings with EU’s Barnier, Juncker
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Brussels on Monday to meet with the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and...
EU mulls Brexit summit gesture, May hints on cash
LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS: EU governments wrangled on Friday over a goodwill gesture to Theresa May that some hope might break deadlock in Brexit talks but others...
In Brexit poker, clock narrows transition options
BRUSSELS: Nerves are fraying in the Brexit talks, negotiators are trying to work out if the other side is bluffing about walking away, and...
May vows to stay as party plotters attempt to topple her
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would stay on as leader to provide stability after a former chairman of her...
Britain’s May to set out plans to build “road to better...
LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May will set out plans to build “a road to a better future” for Britain at her Conservative Party conference...
May, Macron, Gentiloni push for quick removal of extremist online content
UNITED NATIONS: Leaders of France, Italy and the United Kingdom urged social media companies on Wednesday to more swiftly remove “terrorist content” from the...
EX-PM Blair urges Britons to ‘rise up’ against May’s Brexit plan
LONDON: Former British prime minister Tony Blair issued a battle cry against a so-called ‘hard Brexit’ on Friday, calling on voters, businesses and campaigners...
‘Players body in Pak should have been formed 15 years ago’
Federation of International Cricketer's Association (FICA) CEO Tim May has said that a players association should have been formed in Pakistan about 10 to...
Veena Malik’s horror film to release in May
Veena Malik, who has been making headlines over the last few months, is now all set to star in a 3D horror film, ‘Mumbai...
