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Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in London, Britain, July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool

British PM May says FM Johnson ‘Doing Good Work’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 19, 2017 | World

British Prime Minister Theresa May backed her foreign minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday after reports he could quit over her Brexit strategy, Sky News reported. May declined to rule out firing outspoken Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson as she said her Cabinet is...

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British police arrested late on Saturday a second suspect over possible links to Friday morning’s subway attack in Hounslow in west London (Reuters)

Second Suspect Arrested in Connection to London Subway Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 17, 2017 | World

A second suspect was arrested late on Saturday in connection to Friday’s subway attack in London. Police announced on Sunday that a 21-year-old man was detained in Hounslow in west London and is being held under the Terrorism Act. He has not been charged or identified...

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Britain’s Secretary of State for Leaving the EU David Davis speaks on the Marr Show in London, March 12, 2017. Reuters

UK Parliament Votes to Repeal 12,000 EU Regulations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 12, 2017 | World

London- British MPs held their first vote Monday on a bill to end Britain’s membership of the EU, which ministers say will avoid a “chaotic” Brexit but has been condemned as an unprecedented power-grab. The legislation would repeal on Brexit day the 1972 law through...

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United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Sanaa airport on a visit to Sanaa, Yemen May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Britain Calls on Houthi, Saleh to Respond to Ould Cheikh’s Plan

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Sep 11, 2017 | Middle East

London– British Ambassador to Yemen Simon Shercliff blamed the Houthis and Ali Abdullah Saleh militias for the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen, calling on them to respond to the efforts of UN Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and study his proposals...

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Yemeni Ambassador in London Yassin Noman

Yemeni Ambassador Blocks Selling of Government Property in London

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Sep 9, 2017 | Middle East

London- Yemeni Ambassador in London Yassin Noman said on Friday that he blocked the selling bid on embassy property in the UK. Houthis, a key player in a national insurgency in Yemen, had procured the official documentation of the embassy-related asset after having...