United Kingdom

UK raises terror threat level in Northern Ireland to 'severe'

Mar 29, 2023 04:11

The British Security Service (MI5) has raised the threat level in Northern Ireland from domestic terrorism to "severe," its second-highest category, meaning that attacks are highly likely.
More than 100,000 British civil, public servants to go on all-out strike on April 28 over pay

Mar 28, 2023 03:41

A major British trade union says more than 100,000 of its members are to go on another all-out strike on April 28 in a longstanding dispute over pay and work conditions with the government.
Children as young as 8 strip-searched by UK police, mostly Black kids: Report

Mar 27, 2023 09:41

Children as young as eight are being strip-searched by police in the United Kingdom, according to a new report that detailed almost 3,000 searches of minors in England and Wales over four years, with children of color prime targets.
Iran rights council’s report on riots: Certain foreign agencies behind murder of police forces

Mar 27, 2023 09:10

Iran’s High Council for Human Rights (HCHR) has published a new report highlighting the circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder of Iranian security forces during the recent foreign-backed riots in Iran as well as the evident role that certain Western countries and their agents played in orchestrating the deadly riots.
UK mulls banning Strasbourg Court orders on refugee deportations

Mar 26, 2023 11:27

The British government is locked in negotiations with up to 60 Conservative lawmakers trying to ban the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) from interfering with Britain’s controversial immigration policy.
UK set to move refugees from hotels into army bases, ferries, report warns

Mar 25, 2023 13:49

The British government is expected to move asylum seekers from hotels into military bases or disused ferries under plans that could be announced as early as next week, a report has revealed.
Tehran: UK, Israel 'annoyed' by Iran-Saudi rapprochement

Mar 25, 2023 07:42

Iran has roundly dismissed Israeli and British accusations against its nuclear program as well as its regional role, saying the two regimes are apparently angry at the recent rapprochement between the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia.
Pro-Palestine protest greets Israel's Netanyahu on London visit

Mar 25, 2023 03:31

Israeli regime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in London, meeting his British counterpart Rishi Sunk.
India removes security barricades outside UK mission

Mar 22, 2023 11:14

The Indian government has ordered the removal of security barricades placed outside the United Kingdom's mission and High Commissioner Alex Ellis' residence in New Delhi in protest against an attack on its diplomatic mission in London.
UK police institutionally racist, misogynist: report

Mar 22, 2023 03:33

Black community leaders demanding immediate action to reform Britain's largest Police force coinciding with an official report into the Metropolitan Police by victims' rights and social welfare expert Louise Casey.