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Pope praises British Muslim leaders

BOLOGNA, ITALY:  Pope Francis met briefly on Wednesday with a delegation of four British Muslim clerics and praised their contribution to dialogue between different...

British PM signs ‘historic’ letter that will trigger Brexit

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday signed the historic letter that will launch Brexit, a photo released by her office showed, as...

Jane Austen faked her own marriage twice

LONDON: British author Jane Austen, known the world over for her insightful take on 19th century society, created fake marriage documents with two separate...

Woman demands ‘catfishing’ to be declared illegal after duped by hoaxer using image of Bollywood star

KENT: A 44-year old British woman has demanded "catfishing" to be made illegal after she was duped by a hoaxer who used the picture...

Brits, Czechs claim world’s most powerful ‘super laser’

PRAGUE: A team of British and Czech scientists on Tuesday said they had successfully tested a "super laser" they claim is 10 times more powerful...

British worker dies in Qatar World Cup stadium

DOHA: A British man has died while working on the construction of a stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, authorities said. An investigation...

Trump tweets… the wrong Ivanka

NEW YORK: His daughter Ivanka may be Donald Trump's favorite child but the president-elect apparently doesn't know her Twitter handle, mistaking her for a British...

Veteran journalist Clare Hollingworth dies aged 105

HONG KONG: Veteran British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth, who broke the news that the Second World War had started, died in Hong Kong on...

‘Watership Down’ author Adams dies aged 96

LONDON: British author Richard Adams, the author of the much-loved classic novel Watership Down about a community of rabbits, has died at the age of...

Far-right man jailed for life in murder of British MP

LONDON: A far-right extremist was sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment without the possibility of release for murdering British MP Jo Cox a week...

British PM warns against blocking Brexit

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Sunday not to block Brexit, after the High Court ruled that she cannot start the process...

Iraqi Kurds say they captured town near Mosul

ERBIL: Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic State on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive...

Britain backtracks over listing foreign workers

LONDON: The British government stepped back Sunday from a plan to make employers list their foreign workers as it talks tough on immigration following the...

From robots to websites, British firms curb spending due to Brexit

LONDON: Heavy machinery whirrs and clanks on the factory floor of precision metalworking firm Robert Bion & Co, where a planned three-meter robotic arm would have been speeding up output by now, if Britain had not voted to leave the European Union.

OECD slashes British growth forecast over Brexit

PARIS: Britain is poised to take a major hit next year from its momentous decision to leave the European Union, the OECD said Wednesday, halving its growth forecasts for the world's fifth-biggest economy.

Member of British royal family comes out as gay

LONDON: A member of the British Royal Family has become the first ever to come out as gay.

May to review security risks of Chinese-funded nuclear deal

HANGZHOU: British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she wanted her security advisers to help review a delayed nuclear power investment from China - a source of diplomatic tension - as she arrived for a G20 summit.

British PM to trigger EU pull-out ‘without parliament vote’

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May wants to trigger Britain's withdrawal from the European Union without a vote in parliament, a report said Saturday.

British woman killed, man hurt in stabbings in Australia

SYDNEY: A young British woman was killed and a British man critically hurt after a Frenchman allegedly stabbed three people at an Australian backpacker's hostel, police said Wednesday.

Recession ahead in Britain? Factories slow, business confidence tumbles

LONDON: British manufacturing shrank at its fastest pace in more than three years in July and business confidence tumbled following the Brexit vote, according to surveys that show an increased chance of a recession ahead.
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