Tag: United Kingdom

Ecuador is preparing to place WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in British custody in the “coming weeks or even days,” according to a top Russian journalist. 

The Associated Press reports an official from the territorial security bureau wrote to 27-year-old Hong Kong National Party leader Andy Chan to inform him a decision has been made to dissolve his party as a threat to “public safety” and “public order” under a national security law that was last invoked against a political party in 1997. The HKNP has only been around since 2016, formed in protest of Beijing’s growing influence over semi-autonomous Hong Kong.

President Donald Trump refused pleas for a question from CNN’s Jim Acosta during Friday’s joint press conference in the U.K. with Prime Minister Theresa May.

First Lady Melania Trump glowed as American royalty as she arrived for an evening at Blenheim Palace, near Oxford, in the United Kingdom alongside President Trump.

President Trump really couldn’t have picked a better moment for his first official visit to the United Kingdom.

President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday he may talk to “friend” Boris Johnson when he arrives in the United Kingdom this week and described Theresa May’s future as prime minister as a matter left “up to the people.”

New York Jets Owner and U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. Woody Johnson, recently admitted to a particular plan for raising his two sons. He’s going to raise them “just like Donald Trump,” with one exception. According to sportswriter Jane McManus,

A leaked letter sent to the British defence secretary by General James Mattis expressing serious concerns about the United Kingdom’s ongoing dedication to the transatlantic partnership has come before a key defence summit and amid ongoing struggle in Westminster over the funding of Britain’s military.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says switching to the type of education and workforce development policies embraced by countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the U.K. would “help catch us up” to students in other countries.

With just 3 percent of burglaries solved and many going uninvestigated, London’s police force has spent £20,000 designing a garden fortified with CCTV, spiky plants, and patches of gravel to deter criminals.

England, Germany, and France issued a joint statement on Tuesday expressing “regret” over President Donald Trump’s historic decision to withdraw the United States from the landmark Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or Iran nuclear deal, brokered under former President Barack Obama.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday denied allegations that Russia is working with the Syrian government to keep international inspectors away from the chemical weapons attack site in Douma so the evidence can be destroyed.

The United States, United Kingdom, and France joined in a combined operation on April 14 that used “precision” strikes against Syria’s chemical weapons infrastructure. The following are key points about the raid.

Inspectors with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in Syria on Saturday with plans to visit the site of the alleged chemical weapons strike in Douma on Monday. On Monday the British delegation to the OPCW said the inspectors were blocked from visiting Douma by the Russian and Syrian governments.

U.S. allies are lining up behind President Donald Trump’s promise to make Syrian dictator Bashar Assad pay a “big price” for his latest use of chemical weapons. Syrian forces are reportedly on alert and bracing for possible coalition strikes at military bases across the country.

After nearly 100 years of gun control London, and the UK as a whole, are looking to “knife control” as the latest step in trying to dissuade the criminally-minded from carrying out their schemes. 

Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, told a Security Council meeting that Britain’s allegations in the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal are reminiscent of Nazi propaganda.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders informed reporters during Tuesday’s briefing that a total of 150 Russian “intelligence officials” have been expelled from more than 20 countries this week over a chemical attack on U.K. soil.

Youth in the United Kingdom are among the least religious in post-Christian Europe, with some 70 percent self-identifying as having “no religion,” according to a new report.

White House officials leaked details of President Donald Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, revealing that he ignored advice from his national security advisors not to congratulate the Russian president for winning his election.

“The United States shares the United Kingdom’s assessment that Russia is responsible for the reckless nerve agent attack on a British citizen and his daughter, and we support the United Kingdom’s decision to expel Russian diplomats as a just response,” a statement from the White House press office read.

The “racist” leaflets which UK anti-terrorism police cited as reason to detain and deport conservative journalist Lauren Southern have been revealed to be leaflets promoting “LGBT for Islam.”

YouTube prankster Arya Mosallah has been criticized for a prank where he threw water at people in public amid an acid attack epidemic in Britain.

“No, I wouldn’t say I’m a feminist. I mean, I think that would be, maybe, going too far. I’m for women, I’m for men, I’m for everyone,” Trump said in the interview, according to Morgan.

A sex offender convicted in the United Kingdom after attempting to kill and eat a teenager has moved to Nebraska after completing his sentence, angering residents.

The Altrincham Grammar School for Girls in the United Kingdom has officially banned its teacher from addressing its students as “girls.”

Disney has been criticized after higher-ups at the company admitted that it “browned up” white actors to play extras while filming the live-action remake of Aladdin.

President Donald Trump took time off from his Christmas vacation to mock Vanity Fair magazine after the publication apologized for a video mocking Hillary Clinton. “Vanity Fair, which looks like it is on its last legs, is bending over backwards in

A British surgeon admitted to carving his initials into his patients’ livers while conducting transplant operations.

Members of the “Resistance” can rejoice this holiday season as some online retailers have decided to sell Hillary Clinton Christmas tree toppers.

London Mayor Plans More Gender-Neutral Bathrooms for Trans, ‘Non-Binary’ People

Contents: The issue of Ireland’s border threatens to collapse EU-UK Brexit negotiations; Ireland’s government faces vote of no confidence on Wednesday

Regulators from both South Korea and the United Kingdom are reportedly investigating Google for allegedly collecting location data on its users without their knowledge.

CNN broadcast a two-minute segment Tuesday night about how the inner ear of one dog looks like President Trump’s face.

Brexit Secretary David Davis has confirmed that Britain will leave the European Union without a deal if parliament votes against the final deal that he has negotiated.