Tag: Uk

UK PM candidate Javid says Boris Johnson is ‘yesterday’s news’

LONDON: Sajid Javid, one of the candidates vying to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, said his rival Boris Johnson was "yesterday s news" and...

Altaf Hussain refuses to cooperate with London police

LONDON: Altaf Hussain, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder declined to cooperate with the officials of Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism Command Unit and said that he won't...

With October 31 Brexit pledge, Boris Johnson bids for UK leadership

LONDON: Boris Johnson kicked off his campaign to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday with a commitment to lead Britain out of the...

U.S. formally asks UK to extradite WikiLeaks’ Assange

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Justice Department has formally asked Britain to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face charges that he...

10 candidates running in Brexit-dominated UK leadership race

Leading lawmakers from Britain’s governing party battled over Brexit as the contest to become the next Conservative prime minister officially kicked off Monday with...

PM candidate Raab says, he is Brexiteer UK can rely on

Dominic Raab, one of the candidates vying to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, said the United Kingdom should leave on Oct. 31 even if...

London not safe anymore, same-sex couple attacked ‘for refusing to kiss’

LONDON: Two women were punched and robbed in what police on Friday called a disgusting homophobic assault on a London bus, after one of...

Donald Trump starts his UK visit

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Britain on Monday on a state visit laden with diplomatic peril, having already humiliated outgoing Prime Minister Theresa...

Nawaz ‘too sick’ for jail, wants permanent bail

--Former PM's doctors say stress can lead to cardiac arrest --Counsel says Nawaz should be allowed treatment in UK   ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...

Queen Elizabeth deeply saddened by Notre Dame blaze, UK bells to...

LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has sent a message to French President Emmanuel Macron to say she was deeply saddened by the fire which engulfed...

Like father, like son: Ex-VC’s son found to be HEC defaulter

--Around 70 scholarship awardees declared defaulters for violating HEC rules ISLAMABAD: In what seems to be an unfortunate development, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has...

UK’s richest man Ratcliffe wants to buy French club Nice

LONDON: Britain's richest man, Jim Ratcliffe, wants to further expand his sport network by buying French Ligue 1 club Nice after snapping up cycling's Team...

Ex-MPA’s property in Britain burnt in suspected arson attack

A former Punjab Assembly lawmaker’s business property in Farnham, Surrey was set ablaze in a suspected arson attack. Surrey police are looking into the causes of the...

British PM May seeks Brexit delay after third vote on her...

Prime Minister Theresa May will ask the European Union to delay Brexit by at least three months after her plans for another vote on...

Pakistan, UK agree to further strengthen defence ties

Pakistan and the United Kingdom (UK) on Tuesday agreed to further strengthen bilateral defence relationships. This was decided during Ministry of Defence UK Permanent Secretary...

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...

UK, Japan scientists study radioactive Fukushima particles

OXFORD: Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan, radioactive particles collected from the site are undergoing new forensic investigation in Britain in...