UK | Pakistan Times https://news.pakistantimes.com/world/uk Fri, 01 Jan 2016 23:23:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 https://news.pakistantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/profile-favicon-5546cf03v1_site_icon-32x32.png UK | Pakistan Times https://news.pakistantimes.com/world/uk 32 32 2016: World welcomes New Year despite terror fears https://news.pakistantimes.com/2016/01/01/2016-world-welcomes-new-year-despite-terror-fears-373052.html Thu, 31 Dec 2015 23:08:57 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=373052 New York – Millions welcomed in the New Year with Champagne and cheers Friday, although tightened security put a damper on festivities in Europe where Germany evacuated stations over an imminent terror threat and a huge hotel fire sparked panic in Dubai. In New York, around 6,000 police were watching over a bustling Times Square […]

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]]> David Cameron’s Conservative party wins majority in British election: final results https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/05/09/david-camerons-conservative-party-wins-majority-in-british-election-final-results-367460.html Fri, 08 May 2015 20:02:37 +0000 http://www.pakistantimes.com/?p=367460 In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party has won majority seats in the country’s general elections. According to latest updates, the Conservative Party has secured 326 seats in the 650 member House of Commons. The Labour Party of Ed Miliband has won 230 seats, Scottish National Party 56 and Liberal Democrats have won eight […]

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]]> Captain Blamed for Mediterranean Migrant Deaths https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/04/21/captain-blamed-for-mediterranean-migrant-deaths-364967.html Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:59:15 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=364967 Prosecutors blamed the Tunisian captain of a fishing boat for causing the deaths of hundreds of migrants locked below decks when his vessel capsized in the Mediterranean, in the weekend shipwreck that has shocked Europe. Prosecutors said on Tuesday that Mohammed Ali Malek, 27, arrested under suspicion of multiple homicide, had mistakenly steered his severely […]

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]]> Ukraine Bracing for Russian Attacks at WW2 Commemorations https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/04/21/ukraine-bracing-for-russian-attacks-at-ww2-commemorations-364955.html Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:56:10 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=364955 KYIV— Ukraine is planning an operation involving tens of thousands of police to guard against any attack by separatists or Russian agents during World War Two commemorations next month, security chiefs said on Tuesday. Tension is mounting in the capital and other cities amid an increase in rebel attacks in the east. Kyiv said one […]

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]]> US, Ukraine Start Military Training, Defying Russian Fury https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/04/20/us-ukraine-start-military-training-defying-russian-fury-364766.html Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:31:32 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=364766 YAVORIV, WESTERN UKRAINE— Troops from the United States and Ukraine kicked off joint training exercises Monday intended to help bolster Ukraine’s defenses against incursions from Russian-backed separatists in the east. Speaking under driving rain at a military base in the western region of Lviv, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the country’s armed forces needed to […]

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]]> EU Commission Sets Out Urgent Steps to Ease Migrant Crisis https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/04/20/eu-commission-sets-out-urgent-steps-to-ease-migrant-crisis-364759.html Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:29:53 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=364759 The European Commission presented ministers on Monday with a 10-point plan for immediate action to ease the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, including strengthening search and rescue operations, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said. The proposals, set out at a crisis meeting of EU foreign and interior ministers in Luxembourg, included a doubling of […]

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]]> Lavrov Calls for Pulling Back More Weapons in Ukraine https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/04/04/lavrov-calls-for-pulling-back-more-weapons-in-ukraine-361801.html Sat, 04 Apr 2015 19:43:25 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=361801 BRATISLAVA— To boost confidence in a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, both sides in the conflict should pull back weapons under 100 mm caliber from the front line, Russia’s foreign minister said Saturday. Sergei Lavrov said a common aim of the cease-fire, negotiated in Minsk in February, was to have it hold indefinitely, though some violations […]

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]]> Muslims Chosen to Build Papal Chair in Bosnia https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/04/04/muslims-chosen-to-build-papal-chair-in-bosnia-361800.html Sat, 04 Apr 2015 19:42:35 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=361800 The Catholic Church in Bosnia-Herzegovina has chosen a Muslim family of wood carvers to build a chair that Pope Francis will use during a visit to the country in June. Traditionally, Bosnians make a new chair for every pope who comes to visit. But the honor has never been granted to Muslim craftsmen. The Hajderovac […]

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]]> 2nd Germanwings Black Box Found https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/04/02/2nd-germanwings-black-box-found-361475.html Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:49:53 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=361475 BERLIN— French prosecutors say the second black box recorder from the Germanwings jet crash in the French Alps has been found. An official in Marseille Prosecutor Brice Robin’s office says he will give a news conference Thursday evening about the discovery. The second black box is the data recorder and contains readings for nearly every […]

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]]> German Prosecutors: Crash Pilot Had Suicidal Tendencies https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/30/german-prosecutors-crash-pilot-had-suicidal-tendencies-360777.html Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:41:53 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=360777 BERLIN — The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week had been treated in the past for suicidal tendencies, German state prosecutors said on Monday. “Several years ago before obtaining his pilot’s license the co-pilot was in a long period of psychotherapeutic treatment with noticeable suicidal tendencies,” the […]

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]]> Mass Honors Victims of Germanwings Plane Crash https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/28/mass-honors-victims-of-germanwings-plane-crash-360487.html Sat, 28 Mar 2015 20:11:21 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=360487 A memorial service was held in the town of Dignes-les-Bains Saturday to honor victims of Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps. About 200 people, including family, relatives and friends of the victims, attended the mass led by the Bishop of Digne, Jean-Philippe Nault. A local resident expressed her feeling on what happened, saying that […]

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]]> 3 Arrested for Recruiting Islamist Fighters in Italy https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/25/3-arrested-for-recruiting-islamist-fighters-in-italy-359925.html Wed, 25 Mar 2015 20:04:19 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=359925 MILAN— Police arrested three men on Wednesday for allegedly setting up a network in Italy to recruit Islamist fighters to be sent to Syria and Iraq, Italian authorities said. One was a 20-year-old Italian of Moroccan origin, who faces charges of encouraging terrorism via the Internet, a police statement said. The other two were Albanians […]

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]]> Investigators Find Usable Data From ‘Black Box’ https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/25/investigators-find-usable-data-from-black-box-359905.html Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:58:00 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=359905 Officials investigating the crash of an Airbus A320 in the French Alps  Tuesday said they have been able to extract a usable audio recording from a battered “black box” recovered at the site, France’s aviation security investigator BEA said Wednesday. “We just have been able to extract a usable audio data file,” Remi Jouty told […]

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]]> Russia: Extended EU Sanctions ‘Destructive’ https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/20/russia-extended-eu-sanctions-destructive-359127.html Fri, 20 Mar 2015 20:08:31 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=359127 Russia has denounced the European Union’s move to maintain sanctions against Moscow over its role in the Ukraine conflict, calling Thursday’s decision to extend the measures “destructive.” Speaking to reporters Friday in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to specify how Russia would respond, but said it would “do what is in its national interests […]

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]]> Pope Accepts Cardinal O’Brien’s Resignation https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/20/pope-accepts-cardinal-obriens-resignation-359147.html Fri, 20 Mar 2015 20:07:08 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=359147 ROME— Pope Francis has removed the rights and privileges of the former head of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, two years after he resigned admitting sexual misconduct with young priests decades ago. The Vatican said on Friday that O’Brien, once Britain’s most senior cleric, will retain the title of cardinal but no […]

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]]> Turks Honor Gallipoli Dead as Passion for Ottoman Past Grows https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/18/turks-honor-gallipoli-dead-as-passion-for-ottoman-past-grows-358764.html Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:43:32 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=358764 GALLIPOLI PENINSULA, TURKEY— Turkish jets flew overhead and warships cut through rough waters in the Dardanelles Straits on Wednesday to mark the centenary of one of the Ottoman Empire’s final victories, as fascination with the imperial past flourishes under President Tayyip Erdogan. Record numbers of Turks have flocked to these headlands in recent years to […]

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]]> Putin Addresses Rally Marking 1st Anniversary of Crimea Annexation https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/18/putin-addresses-rally-marking-1st-anniversary-of-crimea-annexation-358759.html Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:30:30 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=358759 President Vladimir Putin addressed a rally in Moscow Wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, saying that any attempt from abroad to make life difficult for his country is a “futile pursuit.” “Of course, we will overcome, and are overcoming, all the problems and difficulties they try to throw […]

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]]> Protesters, Police Clash Near New ECB Headquarters https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/18/protesters-police-clash-near-new-ecb-headquarters-358756.html Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:29:30 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=358756 Police clashed with anti-austerity protesters Wednesday outside the new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, ahead of a ceremony marking the opening of the twin-tower building. 14 police officers sustained minor injuries from stones hurled by demonstrators. Dozens of others were hit by irritating gas or unidentified liquids, but recovered and later […]

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]]> Erdogan Speech May Hurt Peace Process With Kurds https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/17/erdogan-speech-may-hurt-peace-process-with-kurds-358555.html Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:51:50 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=358555 ISTANBUL— For weeks there has been growing anticipation here that off-and-on again peace talks between Kurdish separatists and the Turkish government will soon result in a breakthrough, ending formally a three-decades long insurgency, but Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed the idea that there is even a Kurdish problem, prompting fears that a deal […]

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]]> Crimea Will Not Return to Ukraine https://news.pakistantimes.com/2015/03/17/crimea-will-not-return-to-ukraine-358549.html Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:34:56 +0000 http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/?p=358549 MOSCOW— Russia said on Tuesday it would not hand back Crimea to Ukraine, despite warnings by the United States and European Union that they will not drop sanctions over the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation a year ago. “There is no occupation of Crimea. Crimea is a region of the Russian Federation and of course the […]

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