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UK to double humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan: PM Johnson
London [UK] August 18 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday informed that the government has decided to double the humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan amid the Taliban's takeover of…
UK to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees: Home Secretary
London [UK], August 18 (ANI): UK Home Secretary Priti Patel said the United Kingdom would accept 20,000 Afghan refugees fleeing from the country, priority will be given to women and…
Joe Biden, Boris Johnson discuss need for close coordination among allies on Afghanistan
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): In his first call with a foreign leader since the Taliban took control of Kabul, US President Joe Biden has spoken with British Prime Minister…
‘Not on the cards’: UK Defence Secretary on whether British forces will return to Afghanistan
London [UK], August 16 (ANI): British Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace said on Monday that British forces will not be returning to Afghanistan after the Taliban seized the Afghan capital…
UK’s COP26 head warns of global ‘catastrophe’ from climate breakdown unless measures taken
London [UK], August 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK president of the COP26 Climate Change Conference, Alok Sharma, has warned that the world was on the brink of a "catastrophe" from climate…
UK mulls sheltering Afghan journalists who worked with UK media: Foreign Secretary
London [UK], August 7 (ANI/Sputnik): UK's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that his country was considering sheltering the Afghan journalists who had cooperated with UK media, the Independent reported on…
Pakistan: PML-N rules out Nawaz Sharif’s return from UK till “full recovery”
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 7 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has ruled out the return of the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from the United Kingdom to the…
UK Carrier Strike Group on way for exercises with Indian Navy
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2021, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, has sailed into the Indian Ocean Region having recently transited the…
Rights group urges UK govt to grant asylum to Afghan women prone to Taliban attacks
London [UK] July 11 (ANI): Human and women's rights groups on Sunday asked the UK administration to provide asylum to the vulnerable Afghan women amid the US troops withdrawal and…
Jaishankar, UK Foreign Secretary discuss regional issues, COVID-19
Rome [Italy], June 29 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and held a discussion over progress in Afghanistan and the situation in…
Russia fires warning shots as British Destoyer in Black Sea; UK denies
Moscow [Russia], June 23 (ANI): Moscow on Wednesday said its warship fired warning shots after British Royal Navy destroyer, HMS Defender, violated Russia's maritime borders in the Black Sea. "At…
UK’s International Liaison Officer joins Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The UK's International Liaison Officer (ILO), Lieutenant Commander Stephen Smith has joined the Indian Navy's Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) in Gurugram, said…
