UK: New Covid Mutatio ‘Out of Control’

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned the new mutant strain of the coronavirus is “out of control” and suggested parts of England will be stuck in the new highest tier of restrictions until a vaccine is rolled out. More than 16 million Britons ar...

UK Regulator Issues Allergy Warning on Pfizer Vaccine

Doctors will start giving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine next week with more supplies of the jab expected to be shipped into the UK in the coming days. It comes after the first vaccinations were given on Tuesday. The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare prod...

US Pressuring UK to Support Sanctions on Iran: Reports

The United States is putting pressure on the United Kingdom to get London’s support to reimpose sanctions against Iran, the Times newspaper reported on Thursday. US President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he had asked Secretary of S...

UK Coronavirus Death Toll Rises by Over 800 in 24 Hours

UK health officials on Tuesday reported that the country’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has increased by at least 813 in the last 24 hours with England alone recording 744 more deaths. On Monday, UK health authorities reported that the t...

393,000 displaced people in Yemen since 2019 beginning

  Some 393,000 people have left their areas in Yemen since the beginning of 2019, a UN agency said Wednesday, because of the 4.7-year war on Yemen. "Since the beginning of this year, nearly 393,000 Yemenis have so far got displaced, mostly bec...

Impact of UK Polls to Be ‘Felt for Decades’: PM Johnson

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that the impact of Thursday’s general election would be “felt for decades” as campaigning entered the final stages. The prime minister is hoping to regain the majority that his Conservativ...