United Kingdom
With nobody set for majority, Britain braces for hung parliament
World
May 3, 2015
With nobody set for majority, Britain braces for hung parliament
Britain is heading towards a hung parliament after Thursday's national election, fuelling uncertainty about the country's future in the European…
YouGov: Conservatives’ poll lead at biggest in 3 years
World
March 11, 2015
YouGov: Conservatives’ poll lead at biggest in 3 years
Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives have a 4 percentage point lead over Labour, according to a YouGov opinion survey published…
Think tank: UK living standards back to pre-crisis level
World
March 4, 2015
Think tank: UK living standards back to pre-crisis level
British living standards are back to pre-financial crisis levels but are still slightly below their peak before the country's last…
Media: CCTV shows British schoolgirls at Istanbul bus station on way to Syria
World
March 1, 2015
Media: CCTV shows British schoolgirls at Istanbul bus station on way to Syria
Security footage appears to show three British schoolgirls, believed to be on their way to join Islamic State militants, waiting…
Poll: Half of British Muslims ‘discriminated against’
Egypt
February 26, 2015
Poll: Half of British Muslims ‘discriminated against’
Half of the British Muslim population say they are discriminated against in the United Kingdom as it has become less…
UK’s Iraq war inquiry report delay prompts ‘sexed down’ fears
World
January 21, 2015
UK’s Iraq war inquiry report delay prompts ‘sexed down’ fears
New delays to a major report into Britain's role in the Iraq War sparked fears on Wednesday that the public…
British ambassador: IS distorts teachings of Islam
Egypt
January 8, 2015
British ambassador: IS distorts teachings of Islam
The Islamist militant group Islamic State, which seeks an Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria, and notorious for beheadings of…
Report: Germany warns ‘no going back’ if Britain curbs EU immigration
World
November 3, 2014
Report: Germany warns ‘no going back’ if Britain curbs EU immigration
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned Britain's David Cameron that putting limits on immigration from other European Union nations would…
UK summons Egyptian ambassador over jailed Al Jazeera journalists
Egypt
June 23, 2014
UK summons Egyptian ambassador over jailed Al Jazeera journalists
Britain said on Monday it was summoning the Egyptian ambassador to protest over what it said was the "appalling" sentencing…
May seeks to strip naturalised terror suspects of citizenship
World
January 30, 2014
May seeks to strip naturalised terror suspects of citizenship
Home Secretary Theresa May wants to strip naturalised terror suspects of their British citizenship in a last-minute amendment to an…