Duncan Smith

The American occupation of Iraq is going badly, 22 Americans have been killed in two helicopter ambushes, and no end is in sight to guerrilla warfare and its human toll.

Britain's top diplomat, James Cleverly, is set to visit China on Wednesday, as the two countries attempt to shore up frayed ties.It will be the first trip by a UK foreign secretary to China in more than five years. Both countries confirmed the long-awaited trip on Tuesday.

Some members of the UK's ruling Conservative Party may have been issued more than one postal ballot paper to elect a new party leader to replace Theresa May as British PM. Ballot papers have been dispatched to around 166,000 Conservative Party members to choose between Jeremy Hunt & Boris Johnson as the new Tory leader, who will take charge at 10 Downing Street.

A Hong Kong man Wednesday decried his "barbaric" treatment at the hands of Chinese diplomats in Britain who dragged him inside their compound to assault him after an anti-Beijing protest. Bob Chan spoke at a news conference in London after China, insisting its diplomats in Manchester were blameless, lodged a formal complaint with the UK government.

Suella Fernandes, who traces her roots to Goa, is among the majority Tory party signatories of a letter to the BBC director-general Lord Hall calling on the public broadcaster to correct its anti-Brexit stance.

Rishi Sunak, however, stopped short of calling China a threat, disappointing China hawks in his Conservative Party who had until recently expected him to class China as a "threat" to UK security as part of an update of the government's foreign and defense policies. The British PM said the UK would stand up to global competitors like China

Heading into a second TV debate by the candidates on Sunday evening, only former finance minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to stick by the target and by "green levies" to help pay for it.

The UK general elections on July 4 face a cybersecurity threat from state actors like China and Russia, with concerns of misinformation, data leaks, and attacks on individuals, posing risks of internal chaos and public manipulation.

Professor Tendayi Achiume said she had noted "explicit racial, ethnic and religious intolerance" during her visit to Britain and also that hate crime had marked a spike since the Brexit referendum in June 2016.

There is no dressing room gossip, no public spat, no whirl of criticism back home and no hooligans poisoning the excitement of the drama surrounding the World Cup in Russia. But England are still there in Moscow, preparing for their first knockout game against Colombia on Tuesday.

A group of senior lawmakers from 8 democracies including the US have launched a new alliance to help counter what they say is the threat China’s influence poses to global trade, security and human rights. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, launched on Friday, comes as the US struggles to muster a cohesive alliance to take on China’s growing economic clout.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed his concerns about China's interference in British democracy during a meeting with Premier Li Qiang at a Group of 20 summit in India. This comes after a parliamentary researcher was arrested on suspicion of spying for Beijing.

Amid rising concerns over China's covert intelligence gathering and surveillance activities around the world, it has been reported that Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) loyal members have been working in British consulates, universities and some of the leading UK companies.

Conor McGregor’s announcement to run for Irish president has been met with strong opposition from members of the Irish Parliament. All 134 responding lawmakers rejected his candidacy, criticizing him for being unsuitable, divisive, and unqualified for the role. McGregor faces significant challenges in gaining political support.

India has called on the UK government to look into some tax and visa norms that make it difficult for Indian professionals and students to fully contribute to the bilateral relationship. Referring to some latest figures from Grant Thornton's 'India Meet Britain Tracker 2019', the Indian envoy pointed to an increase in the number of Indian companies operating in the UK over the previous year to 842 in 2019.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has sacked Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman and appointed former PM David Cameron as Foreign Secretary in a cabinet reshuffle. Braverman was fired following controversial comments she made criticizing the police's handling of pro-Palestine protests and making derogatory remarks about the homeless. Cameron's appointment marks his return to frontline politics after a seven-year absence. He will now speak for the government in the House of Lords. Critics have described his appointment as a "dead cat strategy."