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 his comments had been a factor in the…
BEIJING: Four British nationals have been arrested in eastern China, the British Embassy in Beijing said on Friday, amid escalating diplomatic tension between the two countries. The embassy did not comment on…
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 of character in taking on the country’s top…
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 has been scrambling to stem the damage…
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 on half a million customers — the biggest…
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 a series of confidential memos. In memos to…
LIBYA: The UN Security Council called on Friday for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive on Tripoli reached 1,000, including scores killed in an air strikethat hit…
LONDON: An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a British ship in retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker by Royal Marines in Gibraltar. “If Britain does not…
BEIJING/LONDON: China told Britain to keep its hands off Hong Kong on Wednesday while London called for Beijing to honor the agreements made when the city was handed over in 1997, escalating…
STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s prosecution authority will hold off on asking Britain to allow it to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange about a 2010 rape allegation until it has finished analyzing available evidence, the…
BRUSSELS: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday warned that escalation of tensions between Iran and the United States is a serious threat to the regional peace. While addressing the Political and…
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday called on the United Kingdom’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Mark Sedwill and Ministry of Defence’s Permanent Secretary Stephen Lovegrove to discuss the…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United Kingdom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the extradition of former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday, media reported. As per the contents of the document, the…
–Qureshi tells British counterpart Pakistan does not intend to use extradition for political victimisation –Hunt lauds Pakistan’s ‘strong commitment of tackling corruption, progress made on FATF’ LONDON: Britain has categorically told Pakistan…
LONDON: An 83-year-old woman was in a serious condition in a British hospital on Wednesday after being hit by a motorbike in the convoy carrying Prince William and his wife Kate. The…
LONDON: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi claimed in a press conference on Tuesday that NAB is an independent institution and government can’t influence it in any way possible. He further said that all…
KL Rahul insists his tone-setting innings in India’s World Cup win over Pakistan was just a glimpse of what he can accomplish. Rahul earned praise for his composed knock at Old Trafford…
