Tag: Uk

Nawaz, Maryam to leave for UK today to meet Kulsoom

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif along with his daughter Maryam Nawaz is flying to the United Kingdom on Wednesday (today) to meet ailing...

British government apologises for treatment of ‘Windrush generation’ of migrants

LONDON: Britain’s interior minister Amber Rudd on Monday apologised to thousands of British residents who arrived from the Caribbean decades ago and are now...

AJK PM to lead anti-India rally in London

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider reached London on Sunday evening to lead the scheduled April 18 mass anti-India protest...

In Brexit appeal, Britain’s May calls on Commonwealth to boost trade

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May will call on the Commonwealth on Monday to boost trade and forge new links, launching a summit of...

Russia’s Lavrov says Skripals may have been poisoned by substance Russia...

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday the nerve agent used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain could have...

UK could launch retaliatory cyber attack on Russia if infrastructure targeted:...

LONDON: Britain would consider launching a cyber attack against Russia in retaliation if Russia targeted British national infrastructure, the Sunday Times reported, citing unnamed...

Syria airstrikes: Reactions from around the world

United States: US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US forces had launched strikes against targets in Syria. "A short time ago I...

Russia spied on Skripal and daughter for at least five years:...

LONDON: Russia’s intelligence agencies spied on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia for at least five years before they were attacked...

High commissioner to UK meets Pakistani community in Manchester

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Syed Ibne Abbas met with the Pakistani community at a dinner reception in Manchester the other...

Pak Army cadet bags international medal at RMAS in UK, says...

Pakistan Army Cadet Shehroz Shahid on Friday bagged the Overseas International Medal at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) the UK, said the Inter-Services Public...

‘Cannot exclude war’ Russia envoys says as US prepares Syria strike...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and his national security aides on Thursday discussed US options on Syria, where he has threatened missile strikes in response...

Former Russian spy’s daughter discharged from hospital

LONDON: Yulia Skripal, the daughter of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday. Yulia Skripal and her father Sergei Skripal...

Multinational military response led by US on the cards after alleged...

WASHINGTON: The United States is weighing a multinational military response to the suspected Syrian poison gas attack, US officials told Reuters on Monday, as...

Russian envoy seeks meeting with Britain’s Johnson over poisoning

MOSCOW: The Russian embassy in London has sent a request for a meeting of its envoy with British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson to discuss...

UK establishes permanent military base in Bahrain

RIYADH: The United Kingdom opened a permanent military base in Bahrain on Thursday, Bahrain’s state news agency BNA reported. The ceremony formally opening the UK...

In north Syria, British officials vow solidarity with Kurdish authorities

QAMISHLI: British Labour officials visited the Kurdish-led authority in northern Syria on Tuesday, pledging to stand with it in the face of threats of...

UK lab says cannot determine spy nerve agent was Russian-made

LONDON: The British military facility analysing the nerve agent used to poison a Russian spy said on Tuesday it could not prove the substance...