TEHRAN, October 17 -A British court has quashed jail sentences given to three activists over their protest to a controversial fracking operation in Lancashire, in northwest England.
TEHRAN, October 16 -British Prime Minister Theresa May has been mocked again for her “robotic” behavior, as social media users draw on a session of the parliament where a creation was invited to respond to lawmakers’ questions on the future of technology.
TEHRAN, October 16 -The government in Britain has officially admitted a significant rise in hate crimes against religious minorities, especially Muslims, saying such attacks increased in number by almost 40 percent over the past two years.
TEHRAN, October 15 -A British company has started fracking operation at a site in Lancashire, northwest England, despite massive protests against the environmental damage of the operation.
TEHRAN, October 15 -British Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed confidence that her government and the European Union will reach an agreement on United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the bloc, saying disagreements on how the border on the Island of Ireland will be administered after Brexit was not an issue that could not derail the talks.
TEHRAN, October 14 -A new report shows local authorities in the United Kingdom have hardly cared for women and children who have been victims of domestic violence as they face no option but to return to the perpetrators because of poor social housing offered to them.
TEHRAN, October 13 - A top scientist has accused Britain of ignoring warnings against fracking, which is extraction of oil and gas under huge pressure, saying authorities were imitating US President Donald Trump in having a deliberate disregard for scientific facts.
TEHRAN, October 11 -The British Queen’s granddaughter’s lavish wedding, set to be held at Windsor Castle on Friday, could cost the UK taxpayer between two to six million pounds.
TEHRAN, October 11 -An Investigation into the situation of migrants whose asylum applications are being reviewed in the UK suggests that British authorities detain them unlawfully and for indefinite periods of time.
TEHRAN, October 10 -The United Kingdom’s Home Department (interior ministry) dropped its objections to a potential death penalty for two British recruits of Daesh in the United States out of fear that the request might cause outrage in the American government, a lawyer has told Britain’s high court.
TEHRAN, October 10 -Britain is worried that uncertainty over its planned withdrawal the European Union is helping countries like France to encourage businesses and financial institutions to move their offices out of London as soon as possible.
TEHRAN, October 10 -Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May has, for the first time in the world, appointed a minister to prevent suicide as reports show more and more people are taking their lives in Britain over mental health problems.
TEHRAN, October 10 -In a rare British challenge to Riyadh, the UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked Saudi Arabia for answers over the disappearance in Turkey of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
CTEHRAN, October 09 - harities in the United Kingdom have slammed the government’s failure to tackle the rising levels of homelessness in the country, which left hundreds dead last year, saying the housing crisis in Britain had become more brutal and horrifying than ever.
TEHRAN, October 09 - A senior Conservative Party lawmaker of the British parliament has announced that at least 40 of his colleagues are ready to vote down a deal on country’s withdrawal from the European Union, saying they cannot accept a half-in half-out Brexit.
TEHRAN, October 07 - One in five people in Britain are suffering from a violation of their rights because they are disabled, according to the government-backed report.
TEHRAN, October 03 -British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on members of her Conservative Party to unite behind her plan for divorce talks with the European Union, saying widening Tory differences on Brexit would put at risk a smooth withdrawal from the EU.