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Syria’s Assad may cling on, Britain will not arm rebels: sources

August 24, 2021 at 1:28 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has abandoned plans to arm Syrian rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad and believes he might survive in office for years, sources familiar with government...

Myanmar leader pledges prisoner release on visit to Britain

August 24, 2021 at 1:19 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - President Thein Sein, the first leader of Myanmar to visit Britain in more than 25 years, promised to release all his country's political prisoners by the year's...

Kazakhstan trade trip poses human rights test for UK’s Cameron

August 24, 2021 at 12:36 p.m.

ATYRAU, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron helped inaugurate the world's costliest oil project in Kazakhstan on Sunday on a trip aimed at sealing business deals but quickly...

Putin, Obama face off over Syria; rebels get Saudi missiles

August 24, 2021 at 12:05 p.m.

ENISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/DUBAI (Reuters) - Rebels fought to halt an advance by President Bashar al-Assad's forces into northern Syria on Monday while U.S. President Barack Obama faced a showdown with...

Assange: Britain loyal to U.S. in NSA leaker case

August 24, 2021 at 11:53 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday that Britain had prevented NSA leaker Edward Snowden from flying to London out of loyalty to its ally, the United...

Assange: Britain loyal to U.S. in NSA leaker case

May 23, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday that Britain had prevented NSA leaker Edward Snowden from flying to London out of loyalty to its ally, the United...

U.S. snooping revelations cause trouble for allies

August 24, 2021 at 11:37 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Revelations of a huge, secret U.S. Internet spying program have raised awkward questions for allies, forced to explain whether they let Washington spy on their citizens or...

U.S. snooping revelations cause trouble for allies

May 23, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Revelations of a huge, secret U.S. Internet spying program have raised awkward questions for allies, forced to explain whether they let Washington spy on their citizens or...

Former adviser warns UK’s Cameron his leadership is under threat

August 24, 2021 at 10:53 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron's position is under threat from the mayor of London, who is waiting for him to "fail miserably" at the next election so...

UK opposition party leader says Google tax behavior ‘wrong’

August 24, 2021 at 10:14 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc's tax affairs will come under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labor party accuses the Internet company of wrongly...

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