With just over two weeks to go until the Brexit deadline, the British parliament has signalled that it is strongly against leaving the European Union without a deal. After politicians rejected British Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to quit the EU for a second time on Tuesday, the government on[…]
The United Kingdom said it will add the political wing of Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah to its list of banned “terrorist” organisations, despite the role it plays in the government and parliament. The move, which will come into effect on Friday, subject to approval by the British parliament, criminalises anyone[…]
A panel of British MPs and lawyers investigating the detention of women’s rights activists in Saudi Arabia has concluded that their treatment could constitute torture under Saudi and international law. In a report published on Monday, the Detention Review Panel said that the eight activists had been treated in a[…]
The Department of International Relations says it appreciates the concerns that some Western countries have raised about corruption in South Africa but adds that established diplomatic protocol should have been followed. The United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, through their diplomatic heads in South Africa, wrote[…]
Cape Town should brace itself for the arrival of the esteemed UK scholar, Shaykh Hasan Ali. The British alim is on his first tour of South Africa, which has kicked off in Johannesburg. Shaykh Hasan Ali has been described as “down to earth, full of humour and is known as[…]
The UK’s foreign secretary was pressed by a select committee on how to deal with Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi’s killing. Jeremy Hunt called the murder appalling and said it highlighted the threat to journalists. “If these stories are true – as they’ve been reported – it is nothing short of[…]
A viral outbreak at a New Jersey long-term medical care centre has killed six children and left a dozen more infected. State officials confirmed a total of 18 cases of adenovirus among paediatric patients at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation on Tuesday. Adenoviruses typically cause “mild illness” but[…]
Boris Johnson, the former British foreign secretary, has come under fire after Islamophobic comments targeting Muslim women wearing face veils. In an opinion piece published in Monday’s Daily Telegraph, the Tory politician and leading figure in a campaign for Britain to leave the European Union said that Muslim women wearing[…]
British authorities are deploying children as spies in covert policing and security operations, a new UK parliamentary report revealed. Some of the minors tasked with gathering intelligence are under 16, the report by a House of Lords review committee said. The report, published last week, was produced in response to[…]
US President Donald Trump has arrived in the UK for a four-day visit amid a flurry of political turmoil and planned protests against him. After landing at London’s Stanstead airport, Trump and his wife First Lady Melania went to the US ambassador’s residence. They travelled there by helicopter as police[…]
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