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$UK court rules against government policy on fracking$

UK court rules against government policy on fracking

Mar 07, 2019 02:51

A top court in Britain has ruled against the government’s controversial pursuit of fracking operations, which is excavation of oil and gas under huge pressure, saying a series of new planning guidelines had unlawfully failed to consider latest scientific and environmental aspects of the issue.
EU, Russia, China reaffirm support for Iran’s nuclear deal

Mar 07, 2019 02:40

Iran says the remaining signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal have reaffirmed their “strong support” for the Islamic Republic despite the United States' decision to unilaterally leave the agreement last year.
Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia

Mar 07, 2019 02:05

Germany has extended a ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia imposed over the kingdom’s deadly campaign against Yemen and the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
EU says talks on amending Brexit deal are at standstill

Mar 06, 2019 13:45

European Union officials say almost no progress has been made in ongoing talks on amending a controversial withdrawal agreement for Britain.
Bank of England warns of 'economic shock' after no-deal Brexit

Mar 06, 2019 04:18

The Bank of England has warned of potential risks to financial stability in Britain and the European Union if London leaves the 28-member bloc without an agreement.
UK ruling party suspends 14 members over Islamophobia

Mar 06, 2019 03:27

Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has suspended more than a dozen of its members after they posted Islamophobic or racist comments online.
UK liberation from EU after Brexit a fantasy: Former diplomat

Mar 05, 2019 14:21

Britain’s former ambassador to the European Union Sir Ivan Rogers has said that his country will never be free from the bloc despite claims that Brexit will be an end to Brussels’ control over London.
Yemen: UK’s Hunt distorting terms of Hudaydah ceasefire deal

Mar 05, 2019 11:47

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has censured recent comments by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on the control of Hudaydah, saying the top UK diplomat is distorting the terms of a UN-mediated ceasefire deal reached between the Yemeni warring sides in Sweden over the strategic Red Sea port city.
Muslim parents withdraw kids from UK school over ‘homosexuality’ project

Mar 04, 2019 09:06

British Muslim parents have withdrawn their primary-level children from a Birmingham school en masse, protesting the school authorities’ forcible “promotion of homosexuality.”
Labour Leader Corbyn attacked while visiting London mosque

Mar 04, 2019 04:56

UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has been attacked by suspected Islamophobes outside a mosque in north London where he was attending an event meant to tackle negative stigma around Muslims in Britain.