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The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is taken away in the Royal Hearse from the Royal Air Force Northolt airbase, London, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. The queens coffin is flown back to RAF Northolt, an air force base in London, and driven to Buckingham Palace. (Ben Stansall, Pool Photo via AP)

Queen Elizabeth's final flight is the most tracked in history

A total of 4.79 million people watched the flight live online, with a further quarter of million people watching it on...

14 Sept 2022 10:38 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House, the Queens Norfolk residence on February 5, 2022. (File photo: AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96

Buckingham Palace announced her death in a short statement, triggering 10 days of national mourning

9 Sept 2022 12:29 AM 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.

Liz Truss to be next UK PM after winning party vote

The foreign secretary beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by 81,326 votes to 60,399

5 Sept 2022 5:31 PM IST

Russian army soldiers march during an action in support for the soldiers involved in the military operation in Ukraine, at the Mamaev Kurgan, a World War II memorial in Volgograd, Russia, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexandr Kulikov, file)

Putin orders Russian military to beef up forces by 137,000

The presidential decree will boost the overall number of Russian military personnel to 2,039,758, including 1,150,628...

27 Aug 2022 1:02 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 11:57 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 10:53 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

In this photo provided by UK Parliament, Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, attends Prime Ministers Questions in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (AP)

Boris Johnson to resign, will stay UK PM until new leader elected

The move came after days of high drama and a steady stream of resignations from his Cabinet since Tuesday

7 July 2022 1:57 PM IST

Servicemen work at the scene of a residential building following explosions, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Russia strikes Kyiv as Western leaders meet in Europe

G-7 leaders were set to announce the latest in a long series of international economic steps to pressure and isolate...

27 Jun 2022 10:44 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Angry UK lawmakers trigger confidence vote in Boris Johnson

Johnson has been under growing pressure since the documented alcohol-fuelled parties at the heart of power when Britain...

7 Jun 2022 12:25 AM IST

A woman runs from a house thats on fire after shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Russia may be in Ukraine to stay after 100 days of war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that enemy forces now control almost 20 per cent of the country's...

4 Jun 2022 12:44 PM IST