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Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

British MPs vote in favour of holding general elections on December 12

The House of Commons approved the bill by a margin of 430 to 20, paving the way for the general election.

30 Oct 2019 8:58 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

EU agrees to delay Brexit until January 31

More than three years after Britons voted 52-48 per cent for Brexit in a 2016 referendum, the country and parliament...

29 Oct 2019 11:39 AM IST

Prince Charles (Photo: AFP)

UK's Prince Charles to visit India for the second time in two years

The announcement also comes a week after Charles's son William and his wife Kate completed a four-day trip to India's...

28 Oct 2019 3:53 PM IST

Hundreds of mostly Red-clad Liverpool fans also arrived by train from as far away as Barcelona on Spains eastern coast early on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Separatists clash with police in Barcelona after huge rally

Hundreds of mostly masked youths surrounded the Police headquarters in Barcelona and threw colourful plastic balls at...

27 Oct 2019 1:17 PM IST

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that the attack bore all the hallmarks of an attack by the Syrian regime. (Photo: AP)

Boris Johnson calls for December election amid Brexit chaos

The Prime Minister in a tweet also informed that he has written a letter to the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

25 Oct 2019 10:02 AM IST

President Donald Trump ended sanctions against Turkey on Wednesday, drawing a line under American involvement in blood-stained Syria, as Turkish and Russian troops seized territory previously held by US troops and their beleaguered Kurdish allies. (Photo: File)

Without help from US, UN climate fund struggles to meet goal

The fund supports projects that help poor countries tackle climate change, both by reducing emissions and responding to...

24 Oct 2019 5:21 PM IST

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Woman gives birth to faceless baby, Portuguese doctor suspended

The parents were alerted to a possible anomaly of the foetus after they requested a further ultrasound test in the sixth...

24 Oct 2019 1:44 PM IST

Ukranian President Volodyyr Zelensky (Photo: AP)

Ukrainian lawmakers to take lie detector test over corruption claims

The former comedian won presidential elections in spring on a programme promising to eradicate corruption.

24 Oct 2019 10:59 AM IST

An Indian-origin dentist has been banned from practising dentistry for a year after one of his patients bled to death, hours after he had extracted her teeth in a procedure over two years ago. (Representational Image)

Indian-origin dentist banned for a year after patient bled to death in...

The patient had been taking a blood-thinning medicine called Warfarin for a rare blood condition that causes clotting.

24 Oct 2019 9:59 AM IST

Police said the truck was believed to have come from Bulgaria and to have entered Britain at Holyhead in Wales on Saturday. (Photo: Representational)

39 bodies found in truck container east of London: Police

The driver, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, had been arrested.

23 Oct 2019 2:43 PM IST

Following Prime Minister Boris Johnsons decision to pause the process of ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, and in order to avoid a no-deal Brexit, I will recommend the EU27 accept the UK request for an extension, Tusk said. (Photo: File | AP)

Tusk recommends EU leaders back Brexit extension

Tusk said that he would propose a written procedure.

23 Oct 2019 2:31 PM IST

Johnson replied good stuff and then started to take photographs of the scene with his telephone camera. (Photo: AP)

EU moves towards Brexit delay as PM Johnson seeks election to break...

'In order to avoid a no-deal Brexit, I will recommend the EU27 accept the UK request for an extension,' Johnson said on...

23 Oct 2019 9:01 AM IST