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4th suspect arrested as UK truck deaths case probe deepens

39 dead in 1 of UK’s worst trafficking cases

9:36 pm October 23, 2019

LONDON: Investigators were trying to piece together the movements of a large cargo truck found Wednesday containing the bodies of 39 people in one of Britain’s worst people smuggling tragedies. Police initially said the truck had traveled through Ireland and then to Wales via ferry, but that theory changed Wednesday afternoon when Essex police in […]

UK's Brexit deal estimated to cost almost USD 100 billion

UK lawmakers vote to delay final Brexit decision again

10:14 pm October 19, 2019

LONDON: In major blow to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.K. lawmakers voted Saturday to postpone a decision on whether to back his Brexit deal with the European Union, throwing a wrench into government plans to leave the bloc at the end of this month. The prime minister is now required by law to ask […]

Bad weather: Plane carrying Britain's royal couple Prince William and his wife Kate to Islamabad returns to Lahore

Bad weather: Plane carrying UK royal couple to Islamabad returns to Lahore

11:34 pm October 17, 2019

Islamabad: The plane carrying Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate to Islamabad from Lahore on Thursday evening had to abort landing in Pakistan’s capital due to bad weather and was forced to return to the country’s cultural hub. The royal couple were being flown back to Islamabad after a day-long trip to Lahore during […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Macron and Merkel try to showcase unity as Brexit looms

9:01 pm October 16, 2019

TOULOUSE, France: President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel sought Wednesday to demonstrate the solidity of the French-German relationship at a meeting in southern France, one day before a key EU summit that may approve a divorce deal with Britain. They started with a visit to the headquarters of plane-maker Airbus, widely seen as a […]

Muslims, Jews targeted as hate crimes surge in Britain

9:18 pm October 15, 2019

London: Muslims and Jews were among the religious groups most targeted in the UK in 2018-19 as the country registered a 10 per cent spike in hate crimes over the previous year, according to official government data released on Tuesday. The UK Home Office data found that there were a record 103,379 hate crime offences […]