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The offices of Cambridge Analytica (CA) in central London, March 20, 2018. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)
April 17, 2018, 7:45 am
UK academic says data firm helped Trump campaign spread fear
Researcher tells British parliament committee that presidential hopeful used info from Cambridge Analytica to effectively deploy 'false racist and Islamophobic comments'
By DANICA KIRKA
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators during a round-table discussion at Cortex Innovation Community technology hub in St. Louis, November 9, 2017. (Jeff Roberson/AFP)
March 27, 2018, 9:16 pm
Facebook’s Zuckerberg rebuffs British MPs for data privacy grilling
CEO and founder of social media giant offers to send a deputy instead, but parliamentary committee chair says he wants to speak with the boss himself
By Dario Thuburn
Dudley North representative Ian Austin. (UK Parliament)
March 23, 2018, 9:44 am
A quiet English town fights anti-Semitism thanks to a Holocaust survivor’s son
Representing Dudley North, MP Ian Austin has drawn on his father's legacy to become one of the harshest critics of Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn from within the Labour party
By Robert Philpot
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session, in Parliament in London, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
March 14, 2018, 3:38 pm
UK expelling 23 Russian diplomats over spy poisoning
London to suspend all high-level bilateral contact with Moscow; Russia denies it was source of deadly nerve agent used in strike
By Agencies
Illustrative: 14-year old Palestinian teenager Moawiyah Alkam seen at the District Court in Jerusalem on November 19, 2015. He was charged with attempted murder for a stabbing attack on the light rail on November 10. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 7, 2018, 3:45 pm
Palestinian child prisoners
How strange that the UK only notices the juvenile offenders from the West Bank
By Jennifer Gerber
Protesters burn an Israeli flag during a demonstration, organized by Hezbollah, in the streets of the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon on December 22, 2017, to protest against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (AFP Photo/Mahmoud Zayyat)
January 25, 2018, 9:26 pm
British Labour opposes call for blanket ban on Hezbollah
Blacklisting Lebanese group could hurt 'dialogue and meaningful peace negotiations in the Middle East,' party circular says
By JTA
Grant Shapps making a speech at the Conservative Party Spring Forum in Manchester, north-west England, in 2015 (AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLIS)
October 7, 2017, 8:56 am
Jewish MP leads fight to oust British PM May
Battling insurgency led by former Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps, Theresa May claims she still has full support of her cabinet
By AFP
Flowers surrounding a picture of Jo Cox during a vigil in Parliament Square in London, England, June 16, 2016. (JTA/Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
August 15, 2017, 3:08 pm
Hero, 79, who tried to save British lawmaker from neo-Nazi killer dies
Bernard Carter-Kenny suffered serious injuries as he stepped in to aid MP Jo Cox when she was shot and stabbed by far-right extremist
By AFP
Labour MP Leo Abse turned up at the House of Commons on June 6, 1965 for the Budget wearing a curry-colored suit with a strong 18th Century influence including a waistcoat of the period. (Keystone Pictures USA / Alamy Stock Photo)
July 28, 2017, 7:46 pm
The Jewish MP who pried open Britain’s closet door
As the UK marks the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization of male homosexuality, Leo Abse is posthumously credited for his role
By Robert Philpot
A British Army soldier patrols with an armed police officer near the Houses of Parliament in central London on May 24, 2017. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
June 16, 2017, 1:52 pm
Police arrest man with knife outside UK Parliament
No injuries reported in incident that comes months after a deadly attack in the area
By AFP
Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party Theresa May returns to 10 Downing Street in central London on June 9, 2017 after making a statement following the as results of a snap general election. (AFP/Adrian Dennis)
June 10, 2017, 3:20 am
Theresa May fighting to hang on after election gamble fails
British PM plans to head a minority government, but her ability to hold onto keys of 10 Downing Street for long is very much in doubt
By Gregory Katz
Firearms officiers from the British police detain Khalid Mohamed Omar Ali on Whitehall near the Houses of Parliament in central London on April 27, 2017 before being taken away by police. (AFP/Niklas Halle'n)
May 11, 2017, 11:30 am
Man arrested near UK Parliament in court on terror charges
Prosecutors say suspect's fingerprints were found on IED parts recovered by the US in 2012 al-Qaeda raid in Afghanistan
By AP
Rabbi Shneur Odze, a UKIP candidate who came in sixth in the May 2017 race for Manchester mayor. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 5, 2017, 11:22 pm
Scandal-hit, Bible-burning rabbi limps in 6th in UK mayoral bid
Rabbi Shneur Odze, candidate of the right-wing UKIP, musters less than 2% of the vote in Manchester race won by Labour
By TOI staff
British police officers detain a man found with knifes near the Houses of Parliament in central London on April 27, 2017. (AFP Photo/Niklas Halle'n)
April 27, 2017, 9:41 pm
UK anti-terror police foil knife attack near Parliament
Security official says suspect was known to law enforcement, believed to have been inspired by Islamic State
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
Members of the emergency services work to help victims on Westminster Bridge, alongside the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Miklas Halle'n)
April 27, 2017, 5:43 pm
UK police arrest man with ‘weapon’ near Parliament
London security forces on high alert after March 22 car-ramming terror attack outside Westminster
By AP
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