United Kingdom

UK rejects US demands for lowering food standards after Brexit

Mar 02, 2019 14:32

The UK government has reiterated that it will stand by its strict standards on food import after leaving the European Union, despite a renewed demand by US envoy to London who insists Britain should ease barriers to allow more American farming products to enter the country after Brexit.
UK Muslims urge probe into Tory handling of Islamophobia

Mar 02, 2019 14:28

The Muslim Council of Britain has called for an investigation into how the ruling Conservative Party handles Islamophobia within its ranks, saying Tories are mostly ignorant of the discrimination and hate against Muslims.
Iran: UK can’t harm Hezbollah’s will to fight terror, Israel

Mar 02, 2019 11:14

Iran has condemned Britain’s recent move in blacklisting Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah as a terrorist group, warning London that such measures won’t harm the group’s resolve to fight “terrorism and Zionism.”
About 84 civilians die fleeing final Daesh enclave in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr: UN

Mar 01, 2019 15:09

The United Nations says at least 84 people, two-thirds of them young children, have lost their lives since December while fleeing the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group's last enclave in the eastern Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr to Hol refugee camp in the neighboring province of Hasakah.
Hezbollah: UK terrorist designation 'insult' to Lebanon

Mar 01, 2019 09:08

Lebanon's Hezbollah has issued a statement "strongly rejecting" a British decision to consider the resistance movement a terrorist organization.
UK minister resigns over Theresa May's decision to delay Brexit

Mar 01, 2019 03:49

UK Junior Agriculture Minister George Eustice has resigned over a decision by British Prime Minister Theresa May to allow the parliament to delay Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.
UK’s top anti-EU MP softens position on Brexit deal

Feb 28, 2019 02:50

The top anti-EU lawmaker in the British parliament has softened his position on a controversial clause in the country’s European Union withdrawal agreement as the opposition pushes for a second referendum that could reverse Britain’s decision to leave the bloc.
Wildfires rage across Britain after hottest winter day on record

Feb 27, 2019 09:36

Firefighters battled a series of wildfires in Britain on Wednesday, including a large moorland blaze outside the northern English city of Manchester, as the country experienced its warmest winter weather on record.
British PM allows parliament vote on Brexit delay

Feb 27, 2019 03:43

British Prime Minister Theresa May has finally bowed to pressures in the parliament for allowing a delay to the country’s planned withdrawal from the European Union.
Senior UK MP criticizes London’s inaction on Khashoggi case

Feb 26, 2019 14:24

The top foreign policy official in Britain’s opposition Labour Party has accused the government of doing almost nothing to punish Saudi Arabia for its alleged involvement in the death of a prominent journalist in Turkey last year.