British Prime Minister David Cameron and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday discussed the European Union (EU)'s reform prospects and Britain's relationship with the bloc in London.
Two brothers from London became the first Britons to be jailed for alleged conspiracy to attend "terrorist training" in Syria, as Britain unveiled its toughest counter-terror legislation on Wednesday.
Britain is planning to offer more military training and advisory personnel to Iraq to help local forces combat extremist Islamic State (IS) militant group, British Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced Wednesday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron Monday told the country's parliament that there was "no pressing need" for Britain to pay 2.1 billion euros (2.67 billion U.S. dollars) to the European Union (EU).
China has backed its envoy's remarks on Hong Kong's political reform, after China's ambassador to Britain criticised the last colonial governor of Hong Kong in a British newspaper.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday that Britain will introduce a wide range of new measures to prevent terrorist suspects from traveling and impose tougher constraints on suspected extremists in the country.
Britain will send a battle group to take part in a major military training in October as part of a NATO package to reassure its allies in eastern Europe, the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced Monday.
Li, at an annual meeting with his British counterpart, David Cameron, also called on China and Britain to boost cooperation in such areas as nuclear power, high-speed railway, infrastructure construction and urbanization.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Monday for an official visit to Britain, with a series of cooperation deals worth 30 billion U.S. dollars expected to be signed.
British Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the pro-European Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg said Monday his party suffered a "huge setback" in the European elections, as the Eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) has wiped out most of its seats in the European legislature.
Elections to the European Parliament kicked off Thursday in Britain as millions of Britons flocked to polling stations to decide who can represent them in the European legislature.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said Britain has offered Nigeria a surveillance aircraft and a military team to help search more than 200 abducted schoolgirls in the country.
Britain and Iran on Thursday resumed direct diplomatic relations as the Iranian Embassy in London restored part of its consular operations.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday he had had no intention of stigmatising Poles living and working in Britain when he announced plans to curb child benefits to immigrants.
China and Britain now face new opportunities of cooperation as agreed by leaders of the two countries, said Chinese ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming at a seminar on Wednesday.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to enhance political and economic ties with the UK as the latter's Prime Minister, David Cameron, voiced opposition against "Tibet Independence."
Britain's House of Commons on Thursday voted to reject a government motion on military action against Syria after eight hours of intense debate.
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