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UK citizen stranded in Jerusalem describes city after Iran attack: ‘Ghost town’

James Eden who is stranded in Jerusalem during a wave of Iranian missile attacks (Family handout/PA)
Published on Jun 15, 2025 03:50 am IST

UK foreign office asks staff to resign if they disagree with Gaza policy

Civil servants have been told they should resign if they disagree with the Government’s stance on Gaza (James Manning/PA)
Published on Jun 10, 2025 04:02 pm IST

Just Like That | Natwar Singh’s wit and arrogance of spirit

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Natwar Singh at the Parliament (11 Novermber 1986)
Published on Aug 25, 2024 07:00 am IST

‘Integral part’: India skewers Pak for objections to G20 meets in J&K, Ladakh

India is hosting some 200 meetings at locations across the country as part of its G20 presidency. (HT file image)
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 08:45 pm IST

Islamabad reacts after UK minister's ‘British Pakistani men rape…' remark

Suella Braverman reportedly told Sky News in an interview last week that groups of men, almost all British Pakistanis, are involved in the sexual abuse of children and young women.
Published on Apr 06, 2023 06:26 pm IST

UK slaps sanctions on Pak ex-cop for human rights violations

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks to Downing Street in central London on September 22 after attending the weekly meeting of the cabinet at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office .
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 11:46 pm IST

UK delays evacuation flight from coronavirus epicentre in China

Customers leave with boxes of newly purchased protective masks at a Bonjour Holdings Ltd. store in Hong Kong, China.
Published on Jan 30, 2020 01:19 pm IST

Pak foreign office summons senior Indian diplomat

Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Saturday summoned a senior diplomat from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad (Photo by Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jan 19, 2020 02:30 am IST

India proposes dates to finalise pact on operationalising Kartarpur Corridor

A view of the construction work of Kartarpur Corridor at Dera Baba Nanak district Gurdaspur on Monday. (Photo by Sameer Sehgal/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Aug 29, 2019 11:18 pm IST

UK issues advisory, warns citizens in J-K to be ‘vigilant’

The advisory updated on a regular basis for the benefit of Britons visiting India is against all travel to the immediate vicinity of the border with Pakistan.
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 08:33 pm IST

500 more Indians allowed by Pakistan to attend Sikh festival

The Pakistan high commission in New Delhi issued visas to the Indian pilgrims on July 26.
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 08:17 am IST

‘Will grant consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav according to our laws’: Pakistan

IPakistan will grant consular access to
Updated on Jun 02, 2020 09:06 pm IST

On ICJ’s Kulbhushan Jadhav verdict, Pak says will proceed as ‘per law’

The statement claimed that the Hague-based ICJ in its judgment did not accept India’s plea to “acquit/release” Jadhav.
Updated on Jul 17, 2019 09:41 pm IST

Pakistan announces five-year visa for US citizens to improve tourism, business

The visa policy is according to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision to improve tourism and business, a foreign official said.
Published on Jun 10, 2019 05:45 pm IST

UK to take up persecution of Christians in India

The report alleges that mob violence has become a ‘regular occurrence’ in several states.
Updated on May 14, 2019 06:03 pm IST

Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ‘ceasefire violations’

This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India is continuing since 2017 with 1970 ceasefire violations, it said.
Updated on May 09, 2019 12:05 am IST

UK, Australia warns against travelling to Sri Lanka, sees further attacks

Bloodstains a Jesus Christ statue at the St. Sebastian's Church after a blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Updated on Apr 27, 2019 08:35 am IST

Moazzam Khan tipped to be Pakistan’s new envoy to India

Mahmood had quietly worked behind the scenes to try and improve ties by focussing on humanitarian issues such as the release of prisoners.
Updated on Apr 16, 2019 03:51 am IST

Amal Clooney named UK’s special envoy on media freedom

Amal Clooney’s leading work on human rights means she is ideally placed to ensure this campaign has real impact for journalists.
Updated on Apr 05, 2019 05:20 pm IST

India defers Kartarpur meet over Khalistan row

Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, the shrine of spiritual leader Guru Nanak Dev in Kartarpur, Pakistan
Updated on Mar 30, 2019 08:22 am IST

Pakistan issues order to seize assets of all banned outfits

The UN Security Council (Freezing and Seizure) Order, 2019, has been issued in accordance with the provisions of Pakistan’s UN Security Council (UNSC) Act, 1948
Updated on Mar 05, 2019 10:41 am IST

UK no longer a superpower, says Indian-origin British diplomat

UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
Updated on Mar 02, 2019 08:05 pm IST

UK in ‘feverish’ talks at UN on Masood Azhar, tense Indo-Pak situation

Britain is engaged in ‘feverish’ talks at the UN on efforts to calm tensions between India and Pakistan, besides joining France and the US in a bid to list Jaish-e-Mohammad founder Masood Azhar as a terrorist under the Security Council Resolution 1267.
Published on Mar 01, 2019 08:39 am IST

Pulwama attack: UK revises India travel advisory

Indian soldiers stand guard near the site of Thursday's suicide bomb attack in Lethpora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district February 15, 2019.
Updated on Feb 16, 2019 01:04 pm IST

Flag burning in London: India lodges strong protest; disappointed, says UK

India has lodged a strong protest with United Kingdom at the burning of the Indian flag outside the High Commission in London on Republic Day (January 26) (File Photo)
Updated on Jan 28, 2019 06:58 pm IST

537 Indian prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails

Pakistan on Tuesday shared with India a list of 537 Indian prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails as per the provisions of a bilateral agreement.
Published on Jan 01, 2019 03:36 pm IST

When Rajiv’s query helped ‘fade away’ UK panel on Kashmir

A ‘Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir’ in London was made to “fade away” after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi raised concern over its formation.
Published on Dec 29, 2018 09:18 am IST

Pakistan denies US report on China secretly building fighter jets at trade corridor

Pakistan has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a bilateral economic project and has no military dimensions.
Updated on Dec 28, 2018 07:18 pm IST

Indians regarded Britain as country in decline, show files from 1984

Pedestrians walk past a rainwater puddle reflecting the Houses of Parliament and the Elizabeth Tower, commonly referred to as Big Ben, in London, U.K., on Wednesday, March 22, 2017.
Updated on Jul 29, 2018 01:39 pm IST

Pakistan seeks repatriation of 54 prisoners in India

Released Indian fishermen prisoners after crossing over the India-Pakistan Wagah border post last late Night at Attari.
Updated on May 25, 2018 09:24 pm IST