Another Brexit defeat for Boris Johnson in Parliament; call for general elections also rejected
London | UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a double defeat in the Parliament on Wednesday as MPs backed a bill to block a no-deal Brexit....
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India tops tech visa applications for UK: Report
London | India along with the US are among the countries with the highest number of visa applications for the UK’s technology sector, according to the...
‘Green wave’ in EU vote amid climate crisis
The environmental party doubled its score in Germany from the last EU elections in 2014, knocking the Social Democrats off their traditional second place. ...
EU votes as far right challenges Macron
Brussels | Voters were called out for a third day in EU parliamentary elections on Saturday as the far right hoped to win a major breakthrough...
British MPs vote against alternative Brexit plans
London | British MPs voted against four possible alternative plans for Brexit on Tuesday after also rejecting the government’s deal with the EU three times. Proposed...
EU completes no-deal Brexit preparations
Brussels | The EU announced on Monday it has completed its preparations for Britain crashing out of the bloc without a divorce accord, as fears of...
Europe offers UK more time to leave the bloc
Brussels | Worn down by three years of indecision in London, European Union leaders on Thursday grudgingly offered the UK more time to ease itself out...
Britain’s May accepted Brexit delay plan: EU’s Tusk
Brussels | Prime Minister Theresa May has accepted an offer of two options for short delays to the date of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union,...
Germany initiates move at EU to list Masood Azhar as global terrorist
New Delhi | Germany has initiated a move at the European Union to designate Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, days after China blocked...
Britain PM Theresa May hopes to be third time lucky with Brexit vote
London | British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday called on her rebellious MPs to do the patriotic thing to strike an honourable compromise over Brexit...