Tag: United Kingdom

UK parliamentary committee urges action on Gaza

Danica Kirka · August 6, 2014 1:26 pm

A military fighter jet escorts a passenger jet as it comes in to land at Manchester airport, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after Qatar Airways Flight 23 landed with a military fighter escort at Britain's Manchester Airport. (AP Photo/Matthew Cossar)

UK bomb hoax suspect faces mental assessment

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2014 7:52 am

In this photo provided by Nick Arnold, a military fighter jet is seen near a passenger jet as it comes in to land at Manchester airport, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after Qatar Airways Flight 23 landed with a military fighter escort at Britain's Manchester Airport. (AP Photo/Nick Arnold)

UK: Man arrested on suspicion of bomb hoax

Danica Kirka · August 5, 2014 3:59 pm

FILE - This is a Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013 file photo of Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, British senior minister of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, listens to a reporter during a joint news conference with Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad, Pakistan. Britain's first female Muslim Cabinet member Sayeeda Warsi has resigned in protest of British government policies on Gaza.Sayeeda Warsi, a Foreign Office minister, says that she wrote to Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday Aug. 5, 2014 saying she could "no longer support" government policy. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash/File)

UK Muslim Cabinet member quits over Gaza policies

Danica Kirka · August 5, 2014 3:51 pm

The philosophical battle continues between those who think government does a better job of spending other people's money (surely a discredited notion given the record of government misspending) and money earners who believe smaller government is better for both government and the governed.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

People, not politicians, improve world economies

Cal Thomas · August 4, 2014 9:18 pm

Photo issued by Britain's Ministry of Defence, showing HMS Enterprise as it evacuates Britons from Tripoli, Libya, Sunday Aug. 3, 2014. Around 100 Britons have fled from Libya and are on their way to sanctuary in Malta amid increasing violence in the north African state. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed an evacuation mission involving the Royal Navy survey ship HMS Enterprise had left its mooring near the Libyan capital of Tripoli and was on its way to safety. (AP Photo / MoD, Crown Copyright)

UK warship evacuates 110 citizens from Libya

Washington Examiner · August 4, 2014 11:59 am

In this picture taken Monday, July 28, 2014, a sign advertises a play called "Haggis Haggis Haggis" on Edinburgh Royal Mile, Scotland. Haggis is Scotland's national dish and is the subject of the play which runs during Edinburgh's Fringe Festival in August. (AP Photo/ Jill Lawless)

Haggis a potent symbol as Scotland decides future

Jill Lawless · August 3, 2014 6:46 am

National Security

UK prime minister says NATO must rethink Russia

Danica Kirka · August 2, 2014 10:50 am

British Airways sued in pilot sex abuse allegation

Jason Straziuso · July 30, 2014 4:20 pm

Lonely Londoners looking to open up to strangers

Bethan McKernan · July 29, 2014 9:09 am

Poland, Britain call for more sanctions on Russia

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2014 4:03 pm

Britain reopens way for fracking

Matthew Knight · July 28, 2014 11:23 am