[ad_1] LONDON: Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested and held for more than seven hours on Sunday after voluntarily attending an interview over a police probe into the fate of funds for her pro-independence Scottish National Party. The police investigation is looking at what happened to more than 600,000 pounds ($754,140) in funding…
[ad_1] LONDON: Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating the finances of the governing Scottish National Party, British media said Sunday. Police Scotland said a 52-year-old woman was detained “as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.” “The woman…
[ad_1] LONDON – Britain’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly resigned his parliamentary seat on Friday, another dramatic twist in the career of one of the country’s most flamboyant and divisive politicians.Johnson has been under investigation from a committee of the House of Commons that was looking into whether he had lied to Parliament over…
[ad_1] LONDON: Prince Harry said the press had blood on its hands as he gave evidence against a tabloid publisher whose titles he accuses of phone-hacking and other unlawful activities, becoming the first senior royal in a witness box in more than a century.Harry, the fifth-in-line to the throne, briefly smiled as he passed the…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opened talks Thursday with US President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the Ukraine war and Nato’s future leadership — as well as taking an opportunity to boost Britain’s post-Brexit brand.While the main thrust of the Oval Office meeting is expected to be on Ukraine and the…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is welcoming Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for wide-ranging talks on Thursday as the British leader makes his first White House visit as premier.The leaders’ Oval Office talks are expected to cover the war in Ukraine, China, economic security, international cooperation on regulating the growing field of artificial intelligence, and more….
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The war in Ukraine was top of prime minister Rishi Sunak’s agenda Wednesday as he started a two-day trip to Washington carrying the message that post-Brexit Britain remains an essential American ally in a world of emboldened authoritarian states.The US and UK are the two biggest military donors to Ukraine, and the war…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: A conservative US think tank urged a federal judge on Tuesday to order the release of the immigration records of Britain’s Prince Harry, who was awarded a visa despite the admission in his memoir that he had used illegal drugs.Lawyers for the Washington-based Heritage Foundation are seeking the release of the records from…
[ad_1] LONDON: The UK government has ordered China to shut unofficial police stations operating on British soil, Security Minister Tom Tugendhat told parliament on Tuesday.The Foreign Office “told the Chinese Embassy that any functions related to such ‘police service stations’ in the UK are unacceptable and that they must not operate in any form,” a…
[ad_1] LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, ahead of a US trip this week, on Monday heightened speculation that he wants NATO allies to back his Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as the alliance’s next chief.Wallace, a former captain in the British Army, is seen as a leading contender to replace Jens Stoltenberg who will retire…
