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British ambassador to US resigns amid email leak row with Trump

10:31 pm July 10, 2019

London: Britain’s ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, resigned on Wednesday amid an escalating diplomatic row over leaked emails critical of US President Donald Trump’s administration. Darroch, who was the target of personal Twitter attacks as a “very stupid guy” from Trump, said he wanted to put an end to speculation and step down […]

French envoy in Tehran talks for nuclear deal salvage bid

10:26 pm July 10, 2019

Tehran: French President Emmanuel Macron’s top diplomatic advisor on Wednesday held high-level talks in Tehran aimed at saving the 2015 nuclear deal and easing tensions between Iran and the United States. Emmanuel Bonne met Rear-Admiral Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputy Abbas […]

UK Opposition Labour commits to anti-Brexit campaign

10:33 pm July 9, 2019

London: Britain’s Opposition Labour Party on Tuesday called on the next British Prime Minister to call another referendum before taking the UK out of the European Union (EU) as it committed to campaign for the remaining in the 28-member economic bloc in such a vote. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party has decided to […]

Britain extends Mali mission by six months

8:57 pm July 9, 2019

London: Britain will extend its involvement in France’s security mission in Mali and neighbouring countries by at least six more months, until June 2020, the defence ministry said Tuesday. Britain has been supporting French forces with three Chinook heavy-lift helicopters and 100 security personnel since July 2018. Since French troops helped force out jihadists in […]

UN rights chief says troubled by Hong Kong violence

UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by conditions in US for migrants

2:01 pm July 9, 2019

Geneva: The United Nations’ human rights chief said Monday she was “appalled” by the conditions migrants and refugees face in US detention facilities, intensifying a challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration policies. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said children stopped by border agents should never be held in immigration detention facilities […]