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LONDON: Britain’s Labour party has ousted its candidate in days after she launched her campaign allegedly for liking a tweet that was critical of Israel. Faiza Shaheen said the Labour…

LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election on Wednesday for July 4, saying Britons would be able to choose their future in a vote his Conservatives are widely…

LONDON: Several leading news organisations have withdrawn a photograph issued by Kensington Palace of Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, after post-publication analysis showed it did not…

LONDON: The United Kingdom government is formulating plans to prohibit the entry of hate preachers holding extremist views from countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Indonesia.…

LONDON: Banknotes featuring the portrait of King Charles will enter circulation in Britain from June 5, the Bank of England said, more than a year after unveiling their design. The king's…

LONDON: Britain's economy fell into a recession in the second half of 2023, a tough backdrop for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who has promised to boost growth ahead of an election expected…

LONDON: Britain announced plans to slash the number of migrants arriving by legal routes by raising the minimum salary they must earn in a skilled job by a third, amid pressure on Prime…

LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacked his interior minister, Suella Braverman, part of a wider reshuffle after she criticised the police's handling of a pro-Palestinian march.…

Britain's government proposed banning younger generations from ever buying cigarettes, a move that would give the country some of the world's toughest smoking rules. If passed into law,…

A highly contagious virus called Norovirus is resurfacing in the UK and experts warn that a hand sanitiser will not be able to stop its spread, The pmc reported. While the virus usually…

WASHINGTON: The United States and Britain on Sunday flagged new and "devastating" economic sanctions against Russia, as Washington and its NATO allies step up efforts to deter any invasion…

The man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue was identified by US authorities as a British citizen Sunday while UK police later arrested two teens over an attack that President…

The EU's drug regulator was set to decide Monday whether to approve a fifth Covid jab as the US warned of a bleak winter with the Omicron variant spurring new waves of infections globally.…

Nigeria on Monday criticised Britain's decision to tighten travel restrictions over the new Omicron variant, saying the move was "unjust" and "discriminatory". The UK government has added…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday asking France to immediately start taking back all migrants who land in England after crossing the…