UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has become the second cabinet minister to quit, as bitter divisions over Britain’s departure from the European Union, or Brexit, deepen a political crisis threatening Prime Minister Theresa May’s government. Johnson’s departure on Monday came a day after David Davis, the British minister in charge[…]
Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince William will visit Jerusalem and Ramallah when he becomes the first senior member of Britain’s royal family to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories next month, Reuters reports. William, second-in-line to the British throne, will begin his trip to the Middle East in Jordan on June[…]
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has called for an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss military action in Syria, as US President Donald Trump continues to mull potential air strikes against the Syrian government. May is expected to sell the case for military action in a bid to stop further chemical[…]
Thousands are expected to join an anti-racism march in London aimed at protesting against far-right groups in the UK and Europe. The Stand Up To Racism event, scheduled to begin in central London at 12:00GMT on Saturday, will see campaigners and activists calling out institutional racism against migrants ethnic minorities.[…]
A plot to assassinate UK Prime Minister Theresa May has been foiled, Sky News reported on Tuesday. Police believe that the plan was to launch some sort of improvised explosive device at the prime minister’s residence at Downing Street and in the ensuing chaos to attack and kill May with[…]
Embassies of the United States and the United Kingdom in Zimbabwe have issued security warnings to citizens. The U.S. also said the political situation had forced them to suspend visa operations for this week. The U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said in a summary of its alert issued on[…]
Activists in the UK have said they fear one of the largest Palestinian cultural events in Europe is at risk of being censored by the government. Officials have given event organisers Friends of Al Aqsa (FOA) until Monday to respond to a letter warning that the two-day Palestine Expo 2017[…]
A hung parliament has been declared this morning in the United Kingdom (UK), as results confirm a decrease in votes for British prime minister, Theresa May’s Conservative Party and an increase for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. A hung parliament means no party has won enough seats in a general election[…]
Polling stations have opened for people to cast their vote in the UK general election. Polls opened at 07:00 BST at more than 40,000 polling stations across the country, with counting starting once voting ends at 22:00 BST. A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 46.9 million[…]
Members of Manchester’s Libyan community are struggling to come to terms with the fact one of their own was behind a bomb blast at a concert that left 22 people dead and scores wounded. Salman Abedi, 22, who was born in the northern English city to Libyan parents, is believed[…]
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