Tag: Theresa May

Britain’s Brexit talks collapse as May’s premiership crumbles

LONDON: Britain’s tumultuous divorce from the European Union was again in disarray on Friday after the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch talks dead due...

Britain’s May asks EU to delay Brexit until June 30

LONDON: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday asked the European Union to delay Britain's departure until June 30 while the bloc itself suggested...

Death knell for May’s Brexit deal as lawmakers reject it by...

LONDON: Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain’s withdrawal...

May warns of long Brexit delay if MPs do not back...

British Prime Minister Theresa May has issued a stark warning to lawmakers that if they do not back her Brexit deal, there is the...

UK MPs reject PM Theresa May’s Brexit deal by 149 votes

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Theresa May's European Union (UN) withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs for a second time, throwing her Brexit...

How British newspapers reported the ‘Tory meltdown’

The decision of Anna Soubry, Sarah Wollaston and Heidi Allen to leave the Conservative party is the dominant story across UK's front pages, The...

May suffers embarrassing Brexit defeat in parliament

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday suffered another defeat in parliament over her Brexit strategy, just 43 days before Britain leaves the EU. The...

Theresa May survives confidence vote after Brexit humiliation

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday survived a no-confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat of her Brexit deal just weeks before...

APS attack survivor given ‘Point of Light’ award by UK PM

Army Public School (APS) Peshawar attack survivor Ahmad Nawaz was given the Point of Light award by the Prime Minister’s Office in the United...

Gibraltar deal clears way for Brexit summit

BRUSSELS: European leaders resolved a last-minute dispute over the future of Gibraltar on Saturday, clearing the way for a summit to approve the Brexit deal. Spain's...

Geoffrey Boycott still her hero as May bats on Brexit sticky...

LONDON: It says something about Britain's fondness for a sport continental Europeans often find baffling that as Theresa May battles with Brexit, the prime minister...

Theresa dismayed: British PM suffers ministerial resignations over Brexit deal

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a huge blow on Thursday as Dominic Raab quit as her Brexit secretary, saying he “must resign”...

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...

UK Labour Party chief felicitates PM Imran Khan

LONDON: UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday felicitated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for becoming the Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan. “Congratulations to...

British PM May’s latest Brexit headache: a customs deal with the...

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for Britain to leave the EU customs union when it quits the bloc - and not join a...

May lauds Pakistan for reaching out to Afghanistan

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday appreciated Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s efforts in reaching out to Afghanistan, especially during his recent visit...

Longer EU exit process needs to be considered, say lawmakers

LONDON: Britain should consider a limited extension to its exit process from the European Union if needed to ensure details of its future relationship...