LONDON: The London Stock Exchange (LSE.L) emphatically rejected the Hong Kong bourse’s $39 billion takeover offer on Friday, opting to stick with its planned purchase of data and analytics group Refinitiv. The Hong Kong exchange will now likely have to go hostile and present a better offer ...

LONDON: A gang of thieves on Saturday stole an 18-carat gold toilet from an art exhibition at Britain's Blenheim Palace, police said – causing flooding to the World Heritage Site. The fully-functioning piece by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, dubbed "America", was once displayed at New York's ...

LONDON - Members of European Union Parliament have called for trade and travel sanctions on India over the alarming human rights situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir. These views were expressed at a conference jointly organised by Friends of Kashmir Group in the European Parliament and the ...

PARIS - A French court on Thursday handed a 10-month suspended sentence to a sister of the Saudi crown prince over the beating of a workman at a luxury residence in Paris in 2016. Hassa bint Salman, a daughter of King Salman and sister of the powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had been ...

LONDON: Scotland Yard Police gives decision on bail of MQM founder Altaf Hussain case of incitement speech. Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain’s bail was extended for the second time on Thursday in the hate speech investigation against him. The MQM founder was called again ...

*LONDON: *Britain’s government on Wednesday announced new post-Brexit immigration plans that will allow international students to work in the country for two years after graduating. Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom said the change was aimed at attracting the “brightest and the best from ...

LONDON – British Airways said Monday it has been forced to cancel almost all its UK flights on the first day of a two-day strike by pilots. “After many months of trying to resolve the pay dispute, we are extremely sorry that it has come to this,” BA said in a statement. The airline said ...

*LONDON - **India faces yet another blow from British Parliamentarians over Occupied Kashmir conflict.* *British parliamentarians have agreed to continue to work for ensuring the alleviation of suffering being faced by the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir.* According to a statement issued ...

LONDON - Sikh MP Tanmanjeet Singh blasts Britain PM Boris Johnson over remarks against Muslim women. United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson got a severe lashing from a colleague for failing to curb racism. Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, a member of Parliament from Slough, gave a piece of his mind ...

LONDON - The United Kingdom says any allegations of human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir since India revoked the special status of the territory must be thoroughly, promptly and transparently investigated. The British Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, addressing in the House of Commons, the ...