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    Iranian Retaliation in Gulf: Britain Faces Difficult Choices

    The United Kingdom has called on Iran to release a British-flagged tanker and its crew immediately, describing the seizure of the Stena Impero oil tanker by the Iranian forces as illegal.

    West Asia
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    UK envoy said Trump left Iran nuclear deal to spite Obama

    Britain’s ambassador to Washington believed US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal because it was associated with his predecessor Barack Obama, according to leaked documents published Saturday.

    West Asia
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    UK ambassador to US resigns as diplomatic crisis deepens

    Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as British ambassador to the United States, as a diplomatic row between the two allies erupts."The current situation makes it impossible for me to carry out my role," said the diplomat.

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    Iran warns UK about ‘consequences’ of oil tanker seizure

    President Hassan Rouhani warns the UK about the “consequences” of its recent seizure of an Iranian supertanker.“I remind [this] to the Britons,” Rouhani cautioned on Wednesday.

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    Secret Memo: British Envoy in the US Says, Trump ‘Inept', ‘Insecure’

    Britain's Ambassador to Washington has described Donald Trump as 'inept', 'insecure' and 'incompetent' in a series of explosive memos to Downing Street.

    World
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    Mystery infections traced to blood-shedding religious ritual

    The practice of whipping or cutting oneself has been practised among different religious groups, most notably by a small section of Shia Muslims on the day of Ashoura. The practice is banned in Shia ruled Iran

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    UK PM May survives confidence vote after Brexit humiliation

    British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday survived a no-confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat of her Brexit deal just weeks before the UK leaves the European Union.

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    British Airways to resume Pakistan flights decade after hotel bombing

    British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan next year after a 10-year absence following an Islamist militant truck bomb that killed more than 50 people at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.

    South Asia
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    British foreign minister visits Iran for nuclear talks

    British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt was to visit Iran for the first time on Monday for talks about the nuclear deal and freeing UK nationals held in Iranian jails.

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    Pakistan, UK sign agreement to 'bring back looted wealth'

    Pakistan's Law Minister Dr Farogh Naseem and British Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Monday jointly announced the signing of a justice and accountability declaration between the UK.

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    After US, UK stops funding militants amid Syria victory

    The British daily The Guardian reported Monday that the funding for the so-called Free Syria Police (FSP) is set to come to an end in September. The force was set up after 2011, when foreign-backed.

    West Asia
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    UK doubles arms sales to rights violators: Report

    The government of British Prime Minister Theresa May approved some £1.5 billion in arms licenses in 2017, up from £820 million it did the year before, the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT).

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    First direct London-China train completes 12,000km-run

    The first freight train to link China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after covering over 12,000-kilometres (7,500 miles), making it the second-longest route in the world.

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    UKIP seeks ban on veils, new Muslim schools

    It includes bans on Sharia law and on wearing face-covering veils in public, and a call for the prosecution of parents of girls subjected to female genital mutilation.

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    US-led int'l alliance kills 7,631 in Syria in three years

    At least 7,631 persons have been killed in Syria since the US-led international coalition started bombing the IS there almost three years ago, a British war monitor reported.

    West Asia
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    May gets top Saudi honor as British bombs rain on Yemen

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has presented visiting British Prime Minister Theresa May with the kingdom’s highest civilian honor as UK-supplied bombs keep raining on Yemenis.

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    India, Britain talk up post-Brexit trade prospects

    India and Britain on Tuesday talked up their prospects of developing a new trading relationship, as their finance ministers met to prepare for the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.

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    4 killed in attack near UK Parliament

    One police officer and two pedestrians were among those killed during Wednesday's attack on Westminster Bridge near the House of Parliament, said Scotland Yard's top anti-terror officer Mark Rowley.

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    UK issues laptop, tablet flight ban after US warning

    Britain tightened airline security on flights from Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa on Tuesday, banning laptops and tablet computers from the plane cabin following a US security warning.

    World
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    Scots Demand New Referendum

    Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Monday demanded a new independence referendum to be held in late 2018 or early 2019, once the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union have become clearer.

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    Russia, China block UN sanctions on Syria over gas attacks

    Russia on Tuesday cast its seventh veto to protect the Syrian government from United Nations Security Council action, blocking a bid by Western powers to impose sanctions over accusations of chemical weapons attack.

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    Alastair Cook steps down from England captaincy

    32-year-old Cook, who received a CBE last Friday, steps down from the role as England’s most decorated captain in terms of caps, centuries and runs, and guided his country to two Ashes series victories in 2013 and 2015.

    Sports
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    Bahrain executes 3 pro democracy activists

    Maya Foa, the director of the death penalty team at Reprieve, said: “It is nothing short of an outrage and a disgraceful breach of international law that Bahrain has gone ahead with these executions.

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    Britain admits selling 500 cluster bombs to Saudi

    The United Kingdom exported 500 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s which the country used in its war on Yemen, an official report shows.The UK delivered 500 BL755 cluster munitions under a government.

    West Asia

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