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British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo: AP)

Sleaze dossier' of sexual misconduct by Party members shown to British...

Theresa May is likely to be forced into a Cabinet reshuffle.

30 Oct 2017 5:44 AM GMT

New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English, front right, celebrates with his wife Mary English at a party function in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo: AP)

Final vote count in New Zealand election tightens close race

Both sides will need to talk with the small New Zealand First party, led by maverick 72-year-old lawmaker Winston...

7 Oct 2017 6:49 AM GMT

British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

Theresa May faces potential ouster as 40 MPs agree to vote...

An earlier attempt to unseat May in the wake of her disastrous speech at the annual party conference fizzled out.

12 Nov 2017 12:06 PM GMT

British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

New code of conduct for Conservative party members after harassment...

Her governing Conservatives will adopt a new complaints procedure with a hotline for reporting potential breaches.

4 Nov 2017 8:35 AM GMT

May named Sajid Javid, 48, as Rudds replacement in the key ministerial post of home secretary after she quit late Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistani-origin lawmaker Sajid Javid appointed UK's Home Minister

Javid is the son of a Pakistani bus driver who arrived in Britain in 1961 with one pound in his pocket.

30 April 2018 1:01 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated his British counterpart Boris Johnson on his Conservative Partys victory in the 2019 general elections and said that he looks forward to working with him for closer India-UK ties. (Photo: File)

'Look forward to working together': PM Modi congratulates Boris...

Johnson's Conservative Party on Friday secured a majority in the House of Commons.

13 Dec 2019 7:28 AM GMT

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

UK's Boris Johnson wins parliamentary majority

US President Donald Trump sent out a tweet as soon as reports of Johnson's new mandate emerged.

13 Dec 2019 5:03 AM GMT

Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

UK destined for Brexit as election triumph on horizon for Boris...

An exit poll showed the Conservatives winning a landslide 368 seats, more than enough for a comfortable majority.

13 Dec 2019 3:52 AM GMT

Conservative MPs will decide Thursday who will join Boris Johnson in the final two battling to become Britains next prime minister, with three contenders jostling for the second spot. (Photo: AFP)

Conservative MPs to pick final two in battle to become British PM

The winner will be announced in the week beginning July 22 and then take over from Theresa May as Prime Minister.

20 Jun 2019 8:19 AM GMT

Instead of walking through the door with him, his girlfriend Carrie Symonds, former head of communications for his Conservative Party, stood nearby with his staff - a sign of a colourful private life that arguably represents modern Britain better than the traditional picture. (Photo: AFP)

Will new UK PM Boris Johnson bring first girlfriend' into 10 downing...

Johnson and wife Marina Wheeler, who have 4 kids together, announced in September that they had separated and would...

25 July 2019 5:02 AM GMT

British lawmaker Owen Paterson. (AP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | It's not just the Owen scandal Spate of sleaze dogs...

Owen, has resigned his seat in Britain's House of Commons, withdrawing from the heart of a scandal that is overtaking...

12 Nov 2021 6:45 PM GMT

AA Edit | Identity is no bar: Every Indian can aim to be PM

India has had, during its history, Presidents and Vice-Presidents elected, who were from religious minorities and...

26 Oct 2022 6:40 PM GMT