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 to fly out of the country, Pakistan…
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 for a Brexit delay. Ambassadors and senior officials…
UK opposition will try to change law to force PM Johnson to seek Brexit delay
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 the European Union and prevent a no-deal exit…
Britain fines Russia’s RT for breaking broadcast rules over Skripal and Syria
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 Skripal, the policies of Ukraine and the conflict…
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 George Downing, a diplomat who used…
New PM Johnson says Britain will come out of EU on Oct. 31 ‘no ifs or buts’
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 in Downing Street, Johnson said he was…
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 Party and counts himself a friend of the…
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 town. Eyewitness videos showed one car pull out…
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 reported on Thursday. The speculation comes amid the…
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, describing their win as ‘one of the great…
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 England. The original designs only catered for totals…
UK’s Johnson says his comments about US envoy were a factor in his resignation
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…
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 two countries. The embassy did not comment on…
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 of character in taking on the country’s top…
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 has been scrambling to stem the damage…
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 on half a million customers — the biggest…
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 a series of confidential memos. In memos to…