Tag: British prime minister

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss quit on Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to remain in office Wednesday, shrugging off calls for his resignation after two top ministers and a slew of junior officials said they could no longer…

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed today that most British troops have left Afghanistan, almost 20 years after the U.K. and other Western countries sent troops into the country to engage in what…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May chaired an emergency security session today to discuss how to respond to Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The meeting of security…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May faced renewed pressure today from lawmakers in her Conservative Party to abandon efforts to seek a Brexit compromise deal with the opposition Labour Party. After several weeks…

LONDON (AP) — Following the decision early today by the European Union to delay the U.K.’s departure for a second time, not much is clear about Brexit bar the certainty that the divisions in British…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May was making a final push today to save her European Union withdrawal deal after her promise to step down gained the agreement some support but failed to…