TEHRAN, Mar31- A major business chief operating in the United Kingdom has criticized the way the government and the parliament are handling the country’s withdrawal from the European Union, saying Britain, once praised for its economic and political stability, is becoming a global laughing stock.
TEHRAN, Mar31-A British charity focused on helping families gripped by alcohol misuse says the number of parents drinking addictively and causing problems for their adult children has increased by three times in five years.
Police in the United Kingdom have been allowed to openly use stop and search powers to better tackle knife crime despite concerns that the decision could unfairly affect black people and other minorities.
TEHRAN, Mar 29 -British MPs on Friday rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit -- or a chaotic "no deal" withdrawal in two weeks.
TEHRAN, Mar 29 -Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the very day it was supposed to leave the bloc.
TEHRAN, Mar 19-Britain’s Minister of State for Security Ben Wallace has warned Muslims in the country could become victims of high-profile terrorist attacks like those that killed 50 worshipers in two mosques in New Zealand on Friday.
TEHRAN, Mar 19 -Alarmed by the recent deadly attack that killed 50 Muslim worshipers at two mosques in New Zealand, British security Ben has repeated his warnings that a mass shooting of the same magnitude is “perfectly possible” in the UK.
TEHRAN, Feb 20 - Britain has strongly objected to Germany’s recent decision to bar arms and military cooperation deals with Saudi Arabia, warning that the new policy damages Berlin’s security commitments while adversely affecting the British military industry.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 -Japanese car maker Honda is set to announce it’s closing its only British car plant in 2022 with the loss of 3,500 jobs, a lawmaker told Reuters, in the latest blow to the UK car industry as Brexit approaches.
TEHRAN, Feb 11 -The United Kingdom should be able to use military force to defend its global interests after Britain leaves the European Union, defense minister Gavin Williamson will say on Monday.
TEHRAN, Feb 09 -The British government has terminated a contract with Seaborne Freight to provide extra ferries in the event that the country leaves the European Union without a deal on March 29.
TEHRAN, Feb 07 -British Prime Minister Theresa May has reportedly decided to delay next week’s parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal out of fears that she will not be able to renegotiate a deal with the European Union (EU) by then.
TEHRAN, Feb 04 -A report has found that the British army allowed soldiers to shoot and kill unarmed civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan for activities defined as suspicious such as those holding a mobile telephone or a shovel.
TEHRAN, Feb 03 -It would be irresponsible for the European Union to refuse to reopen negotiations over Britain’s exit deal, British trade minister Liam Fox said in an interview aired on Sunday.
TEHRAN, Feb 03 -Up to 7,000 German business enterprises are estimated to seek continued trade with Iran, says the managing director of the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce, following the launch of a payment vehicle that enables continued European trade with the Islamic Republic irrespective of unilateral sanctions by the United States.
TEHRAN, Feb 02 - Prime Minister Theresa May said she would seek a “pragmatic solution” to a parliamentary impasse over the terms on which Britain leaves the European Union when she tries to reopen talks with Brussels.
TEHRAN, Jan 28 -The government of Prime Minister Theresa May cannot have a “managed no deal” as its policy for Brexit and that parliament needs to be able to extend the negotiating period with the European Union, says a committee of British lawmakers.
TEHRAN, Jan 24 -Airbus (AIR.PA) warned on Thursday it could shift future wing-building out of Britain in the absence of a smooth exit from the European Union, predicting “potentially very harmful decisions” for its British operations in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.