Green groups sound environment alarm over Brexit
AFP | Leaving the EU could cause "untold damage" to Britain's ecosystems and undermine its attempts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, green groups warned Friday,...
UK, EU end Brexit talks with no sign of breakthrough
AFP | EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier and his British counterparts on Tuesday wrapped up the latest round of talks aimed at getting the Brexit...
Three ‘explosive devices’ found in London
AFP | British counter-terrorism officers are investigating three "small improvised explosive devices" believed capable of starting small fires that were found in separate locations in...
What the ‘London patient’ means for HIV/AIDS research
AFP | The "London Patient" is only the second person known to have shaken off the HIV virus during a 40-year AIDS epidemic that has...
UK’s Labour Party torn apart by anti-Semitism row
AFP | Britain's main opposition Labour party is in turmoil over mounting allegations of anti-Semitism on leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn's watch -- and the party's...
Brexit talks resume as divorce day looms
AFP | The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier meets Britain's negotiating team on Tuesday as both sides seek a breakthrough with just weeks to...
UK museum to return emperor’s hair locks to Ethiopia
AFP | A London museum said Monday it will return to Ethiopia locks of hair allegedly taken by British troops from an emperor who committed...
Outbreak of anti-Semitism forces France to confront painful past
AFP | A surge in anti-Semitic violence and hate speech has prompted soul-searching for many in France, which has long wrestled with its history of...
EU ready to give Britain conditional Brexit extra-time
AFP | The European Union is ready to give Britain some extra-time beyond the March 29 deadline to achieve Brexit -- albeit with strings attached. "If...
Belgium wins appeal on repatriation of children from Syria
AFP | Belgium won an appeal Wednesday against a ruling ordering it to repatriate six children of Belgian jihadists living in a refugee camp with...
UK PM opens way to three-month Brexit delay
AFP | Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Tuesday to allow parliament to delay Brexit by up to three months to avoid Britain crashing out...
Irish tomb raiders steal head of 800-year-old crusader
AFP | Tomb-raiding vandals have stolen the head of an 800-year-old mummified body known as the 'Crusader' from a Dublin crypt, the local vicar told...