Tag: Uk

European companies can be protected from US sanctions on Iran, says...

LONDON (Reuters): European companies can be protected from new US sanctions on Iran, a junior British foreign minister said on Tuesday, after President Donald...

India sends extradition request to UK for fugitive billionaire

NEW DELHI: India has asked Britain to extradite billionaire jeweler Nirav Modi, one of the main accused in the $2 billion loan fraud at...

UK FM begins Brexit bargaining tour

LONDON: Britain's new foreign minister begins his first major international trip with a visit to China on Monday, bidding to strengthen trade ties with...

UK temperatures set to test all-time record as heatwave continues

LONDON: Britons sweltered in a prolonged heatwave on Thursday, with temperatures set to test national records, the Meteorological Office said. According to the Met Office...

Navy ship ASLAT arrives in UK, gets rapturous welcome by Royal...

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy (PN) Ship ASLAT with embarked Z9EC Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) helicopter on Sunday arrived at United Kingdom Naval Base Portsmouth, third Port...

UK’s May demands new deal from EU on Irish border backstop

  BELFAST: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday called on the European Union to strike a new deal to prevent a hard border in...

‘UK has identified Russians suspected of Skripal nerve attack’

LONDON: British police have identified several Russians who they believe were behind the nerve agent attack on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his...

UK police recover 400 items in Novichok murder probe

LONDON: British counter-terrorism police said on Saturday they had recovered more than 400 items as part of their investigation into the murder of a...

Trump hails ties with UK despite Brexit criticism

AYLESBURY: US President Donald Trump said Friday ties between Britain and the US were "very very strong" after launching an extraordinary attack on Prime...

PAF Hercules arrives in UK to participate in Royal Air Tattoo...

ISLAMABAD: An artistically painted Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft C-130, landed at Royal Air Force Base, Fairford to participate in the Royal International Air...

UK releases long-awaited and already derided Brexit plan

LONDON: The British government released detailed plans Thursday for what it calls a "principled pragmatic and ambitious" Brexit — plans that have already triggered...

Boris Johnson quits as UK foreign secretary

    LONDON: Boris Johnson has resigned as foreign secretary, becoming the third minister in 24 hours to walk out of the government rather than back...

UK says Brexit plan on track despite resignation

  LONDON/BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister Theresa May's office insists the government's plans for leaving the European Union are on track despite the resignation of the...

Protesters try to break into Sharifs’ Avenfield flats in London

An angry mob attempted to attack the Avenfield properties of the Sharif family in London on Sunday night. According to British authorities, the protesters attempted to...

UK woman dies after poisoning by Soviet-era nerve agent

LONDON: A British woman died on Sunday after she was poisoned by the same nerve agent that struck a former Russian spy in March...

EU would bend on Brexit if UK moves ‘red lines’

LONDON: The European Union's Brexit negotiator says the 27 EU nations discussing the divorce terms with Britain would be willing to adapt their stance...

UK police hunt object that poisoned couple with nerve agent

SALISBURY: Police on Friday raced to find the object that contaminated a British couple with the Soviet-made Novichok nerve agent in southwestern England where...