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Rishi Sunak will take charge as Britains first Indian-origin Prime Minister after an audience with King Charles III on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Aberto Pezzali)

Rishi Sunak to take charge as UK Prime Minister after meeting King...

The former chancellor will then make his first prime ministerial address on the steps of 10 Downing Street

25 Oct 2022 9:35 AM IST

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak (Photo- AP)

Rishi Sunak set to become first Indian-origin PM of United Kingdom

One of the wealthiest politicians in Westminster, Sunak will become the country-'s first leader of colour

24 Oct 2022 9:09 PM IST

Rishi Sunak addresses Conservative Party members during a Conservative leadership election hustings at Wembley Arena in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Rishi Sunak declares candidacy to be new UK PM and -'fix economy-'

LONDON: Indian-origin former chancellor Rishi Sunak on Sunday formally declared his candidacy to contest the...

23 Oct 2022 5:59 PM IST

Rishi Sunak addresses Conservative Party members during a Conservative leadership election hustings at Wembley Arena in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Rishi Sunak holds firm as bookies-' favourite to replace Liz Truss as...

LONDON: A clear frontrunner to take over from Liz Truss as Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister remains...

21 Oct 2022 5:23 PM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the Francis Crick Institute in London, Monday, July 11, 2022. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)

Boris Johnson eyes comeback bid as UK Tories pick new leader

LONDON: Several British lawmakers, including former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, were trying to scoop up support on...

21 Oct 2022 2:56 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media in Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Truss says she resigns as leader of UK Conservative Party.

Liz Truss resigns as British Prime Minister

LONDON: Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday announced her resignation after an open revolt against...

20 Oct 2022 6:37 PM IST

Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)

Liz Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK government chaos

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss was hanging on to power by a thread on Thursday, after a senior minister quit her...

20 Oct 2022 4:14 PM IST

Ukrainian servicemen carry an exhumed body in the recently retaken village of Shandryholove, the Donetsk region, Ukraine (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Putin declares martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine

In Russia-'s regions bordering Ukraine, authorities plan to tighten security at key facilities and conduct checks of...

20 Oct 2022 11:54 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives to attend the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, central England, on October 2, 2022. (Oli SCARFF / AFP)

UK leader Liz Truss faces test in Parliament, seeks lifeline

LONDON: British Prime Minister Liz Truss faces a House of Commons grilling Wednesday from a hostile opposition Â— and...

19 Oct 2022 5:41 PM IST

Firefighters carry the body of a person killed after a drone fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraines capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze and sending people scurrying to shelters. (Photo: AP)

3 killed in waves of suicide drone strikes in Ukraine-'s capital

KYIV: Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine's capital on Monday, setting buildings ablaze and...

17 Oct 2022 6:50 PM IST

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NATO begins nuclear exercises amid Russia war tensions

BRUSSELS: NATO on Monday began its long-planned annual nuclear exercises in northwestern Europe as tensions simmer over...

17 Oct 2022 3:31 PM IST

Police block the perimeter at the scene of Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, after some explosions rocked Kyiv in the early morning. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russian -'kamikaze drones-' strike Kyiv: Ukraine

The attacks come exactly a week after Russia unleashed a massive wave of missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital and...

17 Oct 2022 12:31 PM IST