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Theresa Mays party failed to win a majority in parliament in Britains elections. (Photo: AP)

British PM May tells her party: stop squabbling or risk letting Labour...

After she lost her majority in a botched election gamble, some senior ministers have resorted to public bickering over...

18 July 2017 12:28 PM IST

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Tsunami advisory cancelled after Russia 7.8 earthquake

Waves were forecast to be less than 0.3 meters (1 foot) above the tide level for coasts in an area ranging from Russia...

18 July 2017 6:43 AM IST

MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with the death of all 298 on board. (Photo: AP)

On third MH17 anniversary, families to unveil 'living memorial'

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday insisted Moscow must be held to account over the tragedy.

17 July 2017 6:14 PM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the media outside 10 Downing Street, London. (Photo: AP)

UK PM to warn cabinet ministers over top-level leaks:â€‰Spokesperson

Finance minister bore the brunt of a series of critical newspaper stories about what was said at private government...

17 July 2017 6:09 PM IST

EU Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier, right, and British Secretary of State for Exiting the EU David Davis attend a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Time to get to work: UK, EU representatives start Brexit negotiations

Barnier said they would brief the media on Thursday after their teams have spent four days tackling a range of priority...

17 July 2017 2:57 PM IST

Experts said ISIS, responsible for seven of the 10 deadliest attacks since 2012, was increasingly encouraging the use of knives and vehicles over firearms and explosives by their followers. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Number of fatal attacks in western Europe increasing: report

Data from Global Terrorism Database shows there were 30 such attacks resulting in fatalities in western Europe in 2016...

16 July 2017 6:58 PM IST

Pro-Palestinian activists hold pictures of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Emmanuel Macron as they gather to protest Israeli Prime Ministers visit to France in Paris. (Photo: AP)

Row over Netanyahu invite to Paris Vel d'Hiv ceremony

Fewer than 100 of those who were detained at the so-called Vel d'Hiv and then sent to the Nazi death camps survived.

16 July 2017 9:12 AM IST

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Air hostess filmed pouring champagne back into bottle

According to The Independent, the video was recorded by Russian passenger Yevgeny Kaymov.

16 July 2017 4:25 AM IST

Britains Chancellor Philip Hammond arrives at the Treasury in Whitehall, London, after Downing Street said that Theresa May is to leave her most senior Cabinet team in place following a disastrous election which left the party short of a majority in parliament. (Photo: AP)

UK chancellor Philip Hammond irks Theresa May with sexist remark

Driving trains had now been made so easy that â€œeven a womanâ€could do it.

16 July 2017 1:48 AM IST

The four accuse Qatar of supporting terror groups and also of maintaining close relations with Shiite power Iran Saudi Arabias nemesis. (Photo: AP)

After US, France wades into Qatar row, urges end to punitive measures

France Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said such punitive measures should end.

15 July 2017 5:59 PM IST

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. (Photo: AFP)

Tony Blair says Brexit must be stopped to halt harm to UK

Blair also told Sky News that 'every day is bringing us fresh evidence' of Brexit's harm to Britain.

15 July 2017 4:13 PM IST

Britains Brexit minister David Davis (Photo:AP)

UK: Second round of Brexit talks set for Monday

Issues relating to Northern Ireland and the governance of the withdrawal agreement are to be addressed by the...

15 July 2017 2:47 PM IST