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Former British diplomat, Craig Murray, has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment over his blog posts about the infamous Alex Salmond trial. Murray, who was UK ambassador to Uzbekistan between 2002 and 2004, posted a series of articles online about the Scottish nationalist leader’s High Court trial in 2020. Prosecutors …

British officials have proposed granting Huawei a limited role in the UK’s future 5G network, resisting U.S. calls for a complete ban over fears of Chinese spying, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The recommendation, made at a meeting of officials from senior government departments on Wednesday, comes …

British police said on Tuesday they were hunting for two brothers from Northern Ireland over the deaths of 39 people discovered in the back of a truck near London last week. The discovery of the bodies in a refrigerated truck on an industrial estate near London has shone a spotlight …

A defiant Boris Johnson faces parliament on Wednesday after a Supreme Court ruling that he had unlawfully shut it down, with opponents seeking new ways to block him from taking Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31 without a deal. After three years of Brexit crisis and Johnson’s …

Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. Mr. Johnson suspended – or prorogued – Parliament for five weeks earlier this month, but judges said it was wrong to stop MPs carrying out duties in the run-up to Brexit on 31 October. Supreme Court president …

The second-largest country in the world by total area, Canada, is one of the most highly urbanized globally. However, none of its citizens have the right to own physical land in the country. Land in Canada is solely owned by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who is also the head of …

With no end to the Brexit impasse in sight, European governments are growing increasingly anxious over the status of their UK-based citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Poland is leading the way by advising its UK-based citizens to consider their options carefully in a post-Brexit world. The Polish …

Europe’s press has largely reported Boris Johnson’s visit to Luxembourg as a humiliation for the British prime minister – with many outlets focusing on him skipping a press conference because of protesters. “In the end, the man who has defined himself as ‘Incredible Hulk’ has become invisible,” Italian newspaper La …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of the British parliament was unlawful, a Scottish court ruled on Wednesday, prompting immediate calls for lawmakers to return to work as the government and parliament battle over the future of Brexit. Scotland’s highest court of appeal ruled that Johnson’s decision to prorogue or …

The House of Commons’ iconic Speaker John Bercow has announced he will step down on October 31 or will quit sooner if an early election is held. Bercow’s statement, delivered on Monday, was met with cheers from Labour Party MPs and rebel Tories. Over the past several weeks, Bercow has …

As the Brexit deadline approaches, France seems unwilling to extend it further down the road, saying there will be a clear ‘NO’ if the UK attempts to delay it for another three months after October 31. The stern warning comes just days after the UK Parliament passed a bill that …

Hong Kong authorities mounted a security blitz at and near the airport on Saturday, averting a second straight weekend of disruptions by pro-democracy activists who have refused to yield even after gaining a concession from the government this week. Police mounted road checks and inspected passengers on trains and buses …

The British parliament’s upper chamber on Friday approved a bill which aims to block a no-deal Brexit at the end of October by forcing PM Boris Johnson to seek a delay to Britain’s EU departure. The House of Lords approved the bill without a formal vote at its final stage. …

The British parliament on Wednesday voted to prevent Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal, but he sought an election just weeks before Brexit to free its hands. After wresting control of the parliamentary agenda from Johnson six weeks into his premiership, lawmakers …

British lawmakers will on Tuesday try to stop Boris Johnson from pursuing what they cast as a calamitous no-deal Brexit, a challenge a senior government source said would prompt the prime minister to call for a snap election on Oct. 14. More than three years since the United Kingdom voted …

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of London to demonstrate against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament until two weeks before Brexit zero-hour. Chanting “shame on you, Boris Johnson,” anti-Brexit activists congregated outside 10 Downing Street. Shadow Home Secretary Dianne Abbott addressed the crowds outside Johnson’s …

The British Museum has completed its biggest ever handover of historical artifacts looted in Iraq, a collection of 156 inscribed tablets which had been shipped to the UK, it has been reported. The items mostly dated from between 2100BC and 1800BC, originating from the third Ur dynasty or Old Babylonian …

Leaked documents show the potentially devastating effects a no-deal Brexit could have on Britain. Leaked documents show the potentially devastating effects a no-deal Brexit could have on British society, ranging from food and medicine shortages to protests at the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. The classified documents, obtained by …

Hong Kong- In defiance of a police ban, tens of thousands of black-clad Hong Kong protesters packed into a park and have again flooded the streets of the Chinese territory for the eleventh straight week of anti-government demonstrations. While only a rally at Victoria Park was permitted to proceed on …

US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said the United States “enthusiastically” supports a no-deal Brexit. The European Union’s French chief negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier had warned Britain if it wanted to avoid a no-deal Brexit then London needed to stick to the divorce agreement signed with Brussels. “If …