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Britains Queen Elizabeth II waits in the Drawing Room before receiving Liz Truss for an audience at Balmoral, in Scotland, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, where Truss was invited to become Prime Minister and form a new government. Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision as doctors are ¢â‚¬Åconcerned for Her Majesty¢â‚¬â„¢s health.¢â‚¬Â The announcement comes a day after the 96-year-old monarch canceled a meeting of her Privy Council and was told to rest.(File image: AP)

Doctors -'concerned-' for her health of British Queen: palace

Buckingham Palace says Elizabeth is â€œunder medical supervisionâ€

8 Sept 2022 5:34 PM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II, left, welcomes Liz Truss during an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Queen Elizabeth II appoints Liz Truss as Britain-'s new Prime Minister

LONDON: Conservative Party leader Liz Truss was on Tuesday formally appointed as Britain's new Prime Minister by...

6 Sept 2022 6:34 PM IST

New Conservative Party leader and Britains Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss delivers a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest in central London on September 5, 2022. - Truss is the UKs third female prime minister following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher. The 47-year-old has consistently enjoyed overwhelming support over 42-year-old Sunak in polling of the estimated 200,000 Tory members who were eligible to vote. (Photo: AFP)

Liz Truss to be next UK PM after winning party vote

LONDON: Liz Truss was on Monday announced as the UK's next prime minister, after winning an internal leadership...

5 Sept 2022 5:30 PM IST

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

See you Monday: Rishi Sunak signs off campaign for UK PM

The 42-year-old British Indian former finance minister pegged his campaign around a focus on getting a grip on soaring...

4 Sept 2022 11:14 AM IST

Honour guards stand by the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Gorbachev to be buried in modest funeral snubbed by Putin

The Kremlin-'s refusal to declare a state funeral reflects its uneasiness about the legacy of Gorbachev

3 Sept 2022 1:33 PM IST

Former US President George Bush meets with Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, who stepped down in 1991 as the Soviet Union collapsed during Bushs presidency, in Moscow on September 15, 2003. Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91. The Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies cited the Central Clinical Hospital. (Image: AP/PTI)

Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91

MOSCOW: Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalise the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the...

31 Aug 2022 9:01 PM IST

This handout picture released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on July 8, 2022 shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky looking at a map during his visit to the position of the Ukrainian army in Dnipro region. (AFP)

Where Ukraine war stands after six months

KYIV: When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in an unprovoked act of aggression, many expected...

24 Aug 2022 2:32 PM IST

Russian soldiers patrol an area of the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic control, eastern Ukraine, on June 13, 2022. (AP Photo, file)

Ukraine war: six months that shook the world

Tens of thousands of people have been killed, millions have fled and cities have been reduced to rubble by Russia-'s...

22 Aug 2022 1:27 PM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and U.N. Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, sit as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, top left, and Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, top right, exchange documents during a signing ceremony at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. (Vadim Savitsky, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Amid war, Russia, Ukraine seal landmark grain deal to relieve global...

The two sides inked separate but identical agreements in the presence of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and...

23 July 2022 11:54 AM IST

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

New UK prime minister to be announced on September 5

Nominations will officially open and close on Tuesday, with a new PM set to be installed when parliament returns from...

12 July 2022 10:54 AM IST

This handout picture released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on July 8, 2022 shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky looking at a map during his visit to the position of the Ukrainian army in Dnipro region. (AFP)

Zelenskiy sacks Ukraine-'s ambassadors to India, 4 other countries

Zelenskiy announced the sacking of Ukraine-'s ambassadors to Germany, India, the Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary

10 July 2022 10:43 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement in front of 10 Downing Street in central London on July 7, 2022. (AFP)

Boris Johnson resigns, to stay British PM until new leader elected

The move was resoundingly welcomed in the Opposition ranks and a large chunk of his own party

7 July 2022 11:06 PM IST