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12 Banks plan euro expansion ahead of Brexit: EU
Feb 07, 2018 14:11A top European financial supervisor said that so far a dozen banks are making definite plans to expand their business in the eurozone ahead of Britain's departure from the European Union — and that time is getting short for others that may want to make the same move.
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May convenes 'war cabinet' to decide future EU ties
Feb 07, 2018 12:18British Prime Minister Theresa May has convened her “war cabinet” to decide the future of the UK’s relations with the European Union amid pressure to make decisions immediately.
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Iran’s gov't. spokesman blames Britain for complicity in Saudi crimes in Yemen
Feb 06, 2018 11:13Iran’s Government Spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht underlined that Britain's large arms sales to Saudi Arabia means that London is an accomplice of Riyadh in its crimes against the Yemeni people.
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Protesters gather outside Saudi embassy in London to condemn UK arms sales
Feb 05, 2018 07:06Protesters have rallied outside the Saudi embassy in London against UK's arms sales to the kingdom, which has been waging a destructive war on Yemen for some three years now.
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1,000s march in London to protest govt. inaction on NHS crisis, budget cuts
Feb 04, 2018 05:52Thousands of people in British capital of London have braved cold weather and rain to march on Downing Street demanding an end to the persisting crisis affecting the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and challenging Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to adequately fund the NHS.
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May rejects criticism of Brexit plan
Feb 02, 2018 10:32UK Prime Minister Theresa May insisted Friday she was "doing what the British people want" and going nowhere despite growing pressure from her party over her leadership and Brexit strategy.
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UK sets up EU row over post-Brexit citizens' rights
Feb 01, 2018 15:37UK Prime Minister Theresa May says European Union citizens arriving in Britain during its post-Brexit transition period should not be afforded the same rights as those who arrived earlier.
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Court rules UK's surveillance powers ‘unlawful’
Jan 31, 2018 06:45The Court of Appeal in the United Kingdom has ruled the government's mass surveillance program for spying on internet use and phone records of the British people “unlawful.”
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SAS soldier says is homeless, while terrorist lives rent free
Jan 31, 2018 06:40A former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier who participated in an operation to end the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege says he could not get a council house while one of the terrorists involved in the attack is living in taxpayer-funded accommodation.
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Envoy: Britain supports nuclear deal, backs business with Iran
Jan 30, 2018 14:19Britain's Ambassador to Tehran Nicholas Hopton underlined his country's support for the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, and said London is helping the British companies interested in cooperation with Tehran.