Brexit spurs foreign policy balancing act for British leader Boris Johnson
Analysis Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears torn between the United States and the European Union as he tries to chart Britain's course on the international stage weeks before Brexit. From the fraught situation in Iran to controversy over the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, Johnson has been ...
Britain will issue special coins, fly the Union Jack and project a countdown clock on the walls of Downing Street — but not bong Big Ben — on Brexit night, the government said on Friday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will also deliver a special address ...
Prince Harry resurfaces but stays silent on royal rumpus
Prince Harry kept silent on Thursday about the shock decision he and his wife took last week to quit as full-time royals at his first public appearance since the bombshell announcement. Harry, 35, took part in the draw for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup ...
World 'will not rest' until questions are answered on Iran jet's downing, Canada says
Canada's foreign minister on Thursday vowed to push Iran for answers about the mistaken downing of a passenger plane after the U.S. killed one of Tehran's top commanders. Iran had just hours earlier fired strikes against U.S. troops stationed in Iraq in retaliation for a ...
Documents suggest Thomas Markle may testify in estranged daughter Meghan's suit against newspaper
The estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, could be called to testify against the royals in her lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday newspaper, court papers reveal. Meghan is suing the newspaper and its parent company, Associated Newspapers, for publishing a letter she wrote ...
In search of level playing fields
Far from countries outside the EU undercutting EU standards by divergence it may be that it is the central EU authorities who are now the drag on progress and competition.
Tabloid fodder: Prince Harry and Meghan under fire after royal crisis summit
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, faced fresh criticism on Tuesday in the wake an emergency royal summit to discuss their shock withdrawal from frontline royal duties. British newspapers raked over Monday's meeting at which Queen Elizabeth II agreed to allow them to split their ...
Nigel Farage, the self-declared "pantomime villain" of Brexit, is leaving his favorite theater — the European Union's parliament in Strasbourg — this week with a sense of mission accomplished. Ridiculed for years, and thriving on the abuse he got from, and dealt to, pro-EU legislators ...
European nations launch dispute over Iran's nuclear activity
Britain, France and Germany say they are triggering a dispute mechanism that is part of the nuclear deal with Iran over its failure to live up to terms of the pact. The leaders of the three nations said in a statement Tuesday that they've been ...
Emperor and empress to make state visit to United Kingdom this spring
The imperial couple “have accepted an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen to pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom in Spring 2020,” Buckingham Palace said.
Iran denied a "cover-up" Monday after taking days to reveal an airliner was accidentally shot down last week, a disaster that sparked demonstrations and calls for a fully transparent investigation. The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 was brought down by a missile shortly after taking ...
Queen agrees to let Prince Harry and Meghan move part-time to Canada
Britain's pragmatic queen brokered a deal to secure the future of the monarchy, charting a course for Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, that allows them to live part-time in Canada while still remaining firmly tied to the House of Windsor. The decision Monday followed ...
