Tag: Uk

Nawaz to be shifted to US after initial treatment in UK

--Nawaz likely to fly to London on Monday, Shehbaz to accompany  After a Lahore High Court (LHC) decision that allows former prime minister Nawaz Sharif...

EU moves to ratify Brexit accord despite delay request

BRUSSELS: Brussels officials on Sunday pressed on with plans to ratify the divorce deal as European leaders considered Prime Minister Boris Johnson's reluctant request...

UK opposition will try to change law to force PM Johnson...

LONDON: British opposition parties will try to pass a law to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek a delay to Britain’s departure from...

Britain fines Russia’s RT for breaking broadcast rules over Skripal and...

LONDON: Britain's media regulator fined Russia's RT 200,000 pounds for breaching broadcasting impartiality rules in its coverage of the poisoning of former spy Sergei...

Five facts on UK’s 10. Downing Street

-No. 10 Downing Street, the official residence of British leaders since the 18th Century Here are five facts about Britain’s most famous address: 1-In 1682, Sir...

New PM Johnson says Britain will come out of EU on...

LONDON: Britain will come out of the European Union on Oct. 31 “no ifs or buts”, new Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. Speaking...

Exclusive: Ex-Russian arms tycoon quietly wields influence in British PM race

LONDON: A former Russian arms tycoon who had connections at the highest levels of the Kremlin is a major donor to Britain’s ruling Conservative...

Vehicles plough into crowd at UK car club meet, injuring 17

LONDON: Seventeen people were injured after two cars collided and ploughed into spectators at a weekly meeting of a car club in an English...

UK’s aid to Pakistan may decrease significantly: report

Starting from next year, Pakistan may experience a significant cut in the aid given to it by the United Kingdom, a local news outlet...

British PM hosts world champions

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May hosted the World Cup-winning England cricket team in the garden of her Downing Street residence on Monday evening,...

No team touched 500 but boundaries still decide World Cup champions

LONDON: Expecting the first 500 total in limited-overs history, Cricket World Cup organisers reprinted the scorecards that are sold to fans at venues in...

UK’s Johnson says his comments about US envoy were a factor...

LONDON: Boris Johnson, frontrunner to be Britain’s next prime minister, denied he was responsible for the resignation of the ambassador to Washington but admitted...

Four British nationals arrested in China

BEIJING: Four British nationals have been arrested in eastern China, the British Embassy in Beijing said on Friday, amid escalating diplomatic tension between the...

UK PM May takes swipe at front-runner Boris Johnson

LONDON: Outgoing British Prime Minster Theresa May has leveled a thinly disguised swipe at Conservative Party front-runner Boris Johnson as she underscored the necessity...

Trump hits out at May after leak of damning cables

LONDON: Donald Trump launched an extraordinary attack Monday on outgoing British premier Theresa May, following the leak of diplomatic cables highly critical of his presidency. London...

British Airways faces $229 million fine over breach of customers’ data

LONDON: Britain’s data regulator said Monday it wants to fine British Airways 183 million pounds ($229 million) over a data breach that compromised information...

Trump administration ‘uniquely dysfunctional’, says Britain’s ambassador to US: newspaper

LONDON: Britain’s ambassador to the United States described President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional”, “clumsy” and “inept”, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported, citing...