Tag: United Kingdom

National Security

UK-Iran meeting first since 1979 revolution

Washington Examiner · September 25, 2014 1:28 am

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a high-level meeting at the Ford Foundation on post-2015 anti-poverty goals, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, Pool)

UK Parliament recalled to discuss Iraq airstrikes

Danica Kirka · September 24, 2014 8:06 pm

UK regulator fines Barclays record $62 million

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 6:59 pm

British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the Climate Summit, at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Cameron: Queen ‘purred’ after Scottish vote

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 6:11 pm

Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband speaks at the Labour Party Annual Conference in Manchester England Monday Sept. 22, 2014.This is the party's final conference before the general election scheduled for next year. (AP Photo/Owen Humphreys/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

UK Labour leader lays out vision for the future

Danica Kirka · September 23, 2014 4:49 pm

School pupils joke with each other as they leave a polling station, as anyone aged over 16 can vote in the Scottish independence referendum, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Scots held the fate of the United Kingdom in their hands Thursday as they voted in a referendum on becoming an independent state, deciding whether to unravel a marriage with England that built an empire but has increasingly been felt by many Scots as stifling and one-sided. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Scottish teens proud, passionate about voting

Shawn Pogatchnik · September 20, 2014 1:41 pm

A Saltire and Union Jack flag hang side by side on a building in Edinburgh, Scotland, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Scottish voters have rejected independence and decided that Scotland will remain part of the United Kingdom. The result announced early Friday was the one favored by Britain's political leaders, who had campaigned hard in recent weeks to convince Scottish voters to stay. It dashed many Scots' hopes of breaking free and building their own nation. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

White House privately delighted U.K. remains united

Sean Lengell · September 20, 2014 9:00 am

FILE - This Aug. 9, 2011 file photo shows a Wall Street street sign near the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. The British pound jumped and world stock benchmarks rose Friday Sept. 19, 2014 as Scotland voted to stay part of the United Kingdom, avoiding a messy breakup that could have roiled financial markets. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

As Wall Street watches Alibaba, stocks drift

Matthew Craft · September 19, 2014 9:08 pm

A Saltire and Union Jack flag hang side by side on a building in Edinburgh, Scotland, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Scottish voters have rejected independence and decided that Scotland will remain part of the United Kingdom. The result announced early Friday was the one favored by Britain's political leaders, who had campaigned hard in recent weeks to convince Scottish voters to stay. It dashed many Scots' hopes of breaking free and building their own nation. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Beltway Confidential

This is the age group that voted overwhelmingly against Scottish independence

Becket Adams · September 19, 2014 8:12 pm

Scotland ‘No’ fails to stop Catalan secession push

Washington Examiner · September 19, 2014 6:23 pm

No supporters for the Scottish independence referendum celebrate an early result at a No campaign event at a hotel in Glasgow, Scotland, early Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. From the capital of Edinburgh to the far-flung Shetland Islands, Scots embraced a historic moment - and the rest of the United Kingdom held its breath - after voters turned out in unprecedented numbers for an independence referendum that could end the country's 307-year union with England. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Scotland: Who won? Who lost?

Robert Barr · September 19, 2014 2:31 pm

Obama Praises Scottish ‘No’ Vote

Daniel Halper · September 19, 2014 1:12 pm