United Kingdom

UK must take practical steps to pay off debt to Iran: Defense minister

Mar 23, 2021 16:36

Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said Britain must take practical steps to pay off its standing debt to Iran.
US health agency raises 'concern' over AstraZeneca COVID vaccine trial data

Mar 23, 2021 13:52

AstraZeneca may have used "outdated information" in the results of a large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trial, a US health agency said on Tuesday, casting fresh doubt on the shot, its potential US rollout and plunging its developers, once again, into controversy.
Over dozen British MPs demand govt. to reconsider ties with Bahrain over rights abuses

Mar 20, 2021 19:01

More than a dozen British lawmakers have called on the UK government to “reconsider its relationship with Bahrain” to pressure the Al Khalifah regime into releasing political prisoners as a heavy-handed crackdown on pro-democracy activists persists in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
Kremlin blasts Britain's plan to increase nuclear weapons stockpile

Mar 17, 2021 17:51

The Kremlin has regretted a recent decision by the United Kingdom to increase its nuclear warhead stockpile by more than 40 percent.
Anti-police protest staged outside British parliament

Mar 17, 2021 07:47

Protesters gathered outside the British parliament and the London police headquarters on Tuesday (March 16) for a fourth day of demonstrations against men's violence and heavy-handed policing in the wake of the murder of Londoner Sarah Everard.
Iran decries British hypocrisy, urges global eradication of nukes

Mar 17, 2021 06:37

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lambasted the British premiership’s “utter hypocrisy” over its accusatory remarks about Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program.
Sweden and Venezuela become latest states to shun AstraZeneca vaccine over safety concerns

Mar 16, 2021 18:53

After reports of abnormal blood clotting in recipients of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Sweden has become the latest European country to suspend the administration of the Oxford-made vaccine.
UK police must explain themselves over unrest at vigil to mourn woman's murder: Minister

Mar 14, 2021 12:13

London’s police force must explain its actions against people gathered at a vigil to mark the killing of a 33-year-old woman, home office minister Victoria Atkins said on Sunday, after an outcry over images of mourners being dragged away by officers.
Call for justice, reforms continue a year after US police killing of Black nurse in Kentucky

Mar 14, 2021 08:48

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday a year after Breonna Taylor, a young Black woman, was shot six times and killed by White police officers.
EU accuses UK of banning coronavirus vaccine exports to bloc

Mar 12, 2021 07:51

Faced with production problems with the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, the European Union has blocked shipments to places like Australia amid shortages.