UK warns Russia against ‘chess games’ over alleged spy

AFP | Britain warned Russia on Friday against playing "diplomatic chess games" after Paul Whelan, a former US Marine who reportedly also carries Canadian and...

UK universities would take ‘decades’ to recover from no-deal Brexit, leaders warn

AFP | British university leaders warned on Friday that leaving the European Union without an official deal would be "one of the biggest threats our...

Spike in illegal Channel crossings ‘concerning’: UK minister

AFP | Britain's Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes said Thursday that a spike in migrants crossing the Channel by boat was "deeply concerning", after dozens of...

London’s Gatwick airport sold to French Vinci conglomerate

AFP | French conglomerate Vinci said Thursday it had bought control of Gatwick airport, Britain's second-busiest, for nearly three billion pounds only months before Brexit....

Sister Wendy Beckett, nun who became TV star, dies at 88

AFP | Sister Wendy Beckett, the Roman Catholic nun who left her cloistered convent life to launch a television career in later life and became...

Five things that have gone wrong for Manchester City

AFP | English champions Manchester City slumped to a third shock defeat in four Premier League games at Leicester on Boxing Day to slip to...

Queen warns of ‘tribalism’ in Christmas address

AFP | Queen Elizabeth II warned of religious "tribalism" in a Christmas message on Tuesday delivered against a backdrop of Britain bickering over its impending...

Two arrests over London airport drone chaos as flights resume

AFP | Two people were arrested in connection with the "criminal use of drones" at London Gatwick Airport, police said Saturday, after three days of...

UK opposition launches parliamentary confidence maneuver against PM May

AFP | British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on Monday tabled a non-binding no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May after she told MPs they will...

UK security firm G4S says five employees among 10 killed in Kabul attack

AFP | British security firm G4S said Thursday that five of its employees were among at least 10 people killed in a Taliban-claimed attack on...

Protecting Pakistani Students: Educating the British Council

Dr Qaisar Rashid | Education is a business. No one knows this reality better than the universities in the United Kingdom (UK). Even if the business...

Bahraini royal sued in UK over Bollywood stars ‘deal’

AFP | A Bahraini royal told England's High Court on Monday he was "astonished" at being sued over an alleged deal for access to top...
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