LONDON : A top Kremlin official on Monday scoffed at a report that Russia could be involved in recent arson attacks on the private home of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a building where he once lived and a car that he had owned. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a Financial Times report…
UK court frees singer Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case (Photo: AP) Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown was released on 5 million-pound ($6.7 million) bail Wednesday while facing allegations he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. The decision by a London judge…
“Unreasonable” tax audit of some Hong Kong media: Press union (Photo: AP) At least five local media outlets in Hong Kong and multiple journalists had their taxes from years ago audited on “unreasonable grounds”, a press association said Wednesday.Hong Kong’s press freedom ranking has plummeted since Beijing cracked down on dissent after huge, sometimes violent…
UK and Iran summon each other’s top diplomats in espionage tit-for-tat LONDON: Britain summoned Iran‘s ambassador on Monday after charges were filed against three Iranian nationals accused of acting as spies. The move came the day after Iran summoned a British diplomat to protest what it described as the “illegal and unjustified” detention of an…
TEHRAN: Iran has summoned a British diplomat to protest what it described as the “illegal and unjustified” detention of an Iranian in the UK, Iran’s state-run news agency reported. IRNA reported Sunday that the Foreign Ministry summoned the UK charge d’affaires and called the detention of its national, who was not identified, a violation of…
BRUSSELS: The EU and Britain look will haggle to the wire over fishing rights and food checks as they seek a deal on closer defence ties at a landmark post-Brexit summit next week. The meeting in London on Monday between UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the EU’s top officials was planned to bring the…
For the better part of a decade, the UK’s Labour Party had perfected the art of losing.Despite Brexit chaos, five Tory prime ministers, Boris Johnson’s Downing Street circus, Liz Truss’s lettuce-inflicted collapse, a pandemic, and a brutal cost-of-living crisis, Labour remained stuck in opposition—haunted by its own ideological baggage and public mistrust.Voters flirted with them,…
UK’s Starmer condemns ‘attack on our democracy’ after fires at homes linked to him (Photo: AP) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told lawmakers Wednesday that recent arson attacks on properties linked to him represent “an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for.” The remarks by Starmer during weekly…
Latest developments suggest several countries have issued travel advisories for their citizens concerning travel to sensitive regions in South Asia. The advisories mostly urge their citizens to remain highly vigilant, stay away from conflict-prone areas, stay updated on local developments, steer clear of large gatherings, and adhere to instructions from local authorities.Here are the key…
LONDON: King Charles III on Thursday joined veterans and other members of the royal family at London’s Westminster Abbey for a service to mark 80 years since the end of World War II.Arriving at the abbey, Charles and his eldest son Prince William laid wreaths at the church’s tomb of the unknown warrior.War-time prime minister…