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Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during a news conference with Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, after their talk on April 20, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/ Eugene Hoshiko)
May 11, 2026, 8:25 pm
UK slaps sanctions on dozen people and entities deemed ‘criminal proxies’ of Iran
New measures come amid wave of arson attacks, allegedly backed by Tehran, on Jewish sites in London, though specific Iran-linked terror group not on list
By Agencies
Lebanese civil defense workers search for casualties in the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in central Beirut, Lebanon, on April 9, 2026. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
April 9, 2026, 12:36 pm
‘Unacceptable’: European countries slam IDF strikes on Hezbollah amid US-Iran truce
UK says it is ‘deeply troubled’ by Israeli attacks, France calls them ‘unacceptable’; Italy condemns ‘bombings on civilian population’
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump pretends to aim a sniper gun while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
April 9, 2026, 12:13 pm
Trump threatens to renew war if Iran doesn’t comply with ‘real agreement’
US president vows forces will remain in the region in leadup to peace talks in Pakistan, as uncertainty about Lebanon and Strait of Hormuz threatens fragile ceasefire
By Jacob Magid and Reuters
Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, second right, attends a virtual summit at the Foreign Office in London on Thursday April 2, 2026. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
April 2, 2026, 9:19 pm
40 nations attend UK-led talks on stopping Iran from holding world ‘hostage’ in Hormuz
Countries represented include France, Germany and UAE, but not US; Macron says military operation to open strait ‘unrealistic’ as Gulf nations push such action
By Agencies
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
April 2, 2026, 2:00 pm
UK to gather more than 30 countries to discuss methods of reopening Strait of Hormuz
Starmer says talks to assess ‘all viable diplomatic and political measures’ to restore waterway’s use; US not participating; Bahrain’s Hormuz resolution runs into fresh obstacles at UN
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Family and supporters of Lindsay and Craig Foreman, a British couple detained in Iran, march in London on January 3, 2026, to raise national awareness of the couple's ongoing detention and the need for urgent intervention. (Brook Mitchell / AFP)
February 19, 2026, 1:05 pm
Iran sentences British couple to 10 years in prison on espionage claims
Tourists Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both in their 50s, have been held since January 2025; UK blasts ‘appalling and totally unjustifiable’ sentences
By AFP
An injured Sudanese woman who fled el-Fasher city, after Sudan's paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people in the western Darfur region, sits in a tent at a camp in Tawila, Sudan, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Bakry)
November 1, 2025, 2:10 pm
Germany, Jordan, UK call for immediate ceasefire in ‘apocalyptic’ Sudan war
Britain’s Cooper decries ‘mass executions, starvation and the devastating use of rape as a weapon of war’ in Darfur; Jordan’s Safadi: ‘Humanitarian crisis of inhumane proportions’
By Agencies
Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan , left, and France President Emmanuel Macron, center, prepare to lead a high-profile meeting at the United Nations aimed at galvanizing support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
September 23, 2025, 3:08 pm
France, Saudi Arabia in warning to Israel: ‘Any form of annexation is a red line’
Nations call for end to settlement activity and settler violence; Israeli official: US privately cautioned against annexation, but PM will discuss matter with Trump in Washington
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks to the BBC in an interview broadcast September 22, 2025. (Screen capture: BBC)
September 22, 2025, 5:46 pm
UK, Germany warn Israel against West Bank annexation amid Palestine recognition wave
British FM Yvette Cooper says she has ‘been clear’ to Israeli counterpart that recognition is about ‘the best way to respect the security’ of both Israel and Palestinians
By ToI Staff
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers his speech at the opening of the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on September 8, 2025. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
September 16, 2025, 4:46 pm
UN, EU decry ‘unacceptable’ new Gaza City offensive; UK calls it ‘appalling’
Diplomats fume after Israel launches controversial new effort to capture city in the north of the Strip that Jerusalem says is one of Hamas’s last strongholds
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain's then-Foreign Secretary David Lammy meets with US Vice President JD Vance (not in picture) at Chevening House, in Chevening, southeast England, on August 8, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett / POOL / AFP)
September 5, 2025, 9:08 pm
UK foreign secretary Lammy to be replaced as Starmer reshuffles cabinet
In apparent demotion, top UK diplomat slated for justice ministry after deputy PM resigns for underpaying taxes; will be replaced by Cooper, who proscribed Palestine Action
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, left, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer lay a wreath at the 7/7 Memorial, in Hyde Park to mark the anniversary of the terrorist attacks in London on July 7, 2005, that killed 52 people, in London, July 7, 2025. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
July 7, 2025, 3:00 pm
UK marks 20 years since the deadly al-Qaeda 7/7 London bombings
King Charles III, Prime Minister Starmer lead remembrance of victims of suicide attacks that killed 52; at subway stations near sites, staff, commuters hold minute of silence
By Jill Lawless
Protesters and police officers clash during a rally in support of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel group Palestine Action after British government announced the group's ban, in Trafalgar Square, in central London, on June 23, 2025. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
June 23, 2025, 7:23 pm
UK announces ban on violent pro-Palestinian activist group, cites anti-terrorism laws
Members of Palestinian Action, which vandalized UK military planes last week, clash with police in London protest as home secretary unveils ban, which requires Parliament’s approval
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A member of Palestine Action sprays red paint on a plane at RAF Brize Norton on June 20, 2025 (Screen grab)
June 21, 2025, 10:47 am
UK set to ban anti-Israel group Palestine Action after break-in, vandalism at air base
British media reports government will make announcement on Monday after group broke into RAF Brize Norton base; Starmer condemns ‘disgraceful’ attack
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this March 21, 2019 file photo, British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, right, and Keir Starmer, Labour Shadow Brexit secretary, leave EU headquarters prior to an EU summit in Brussels. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
December 18, 2019, 3:50 pm
UK Labour figures begin jostling to take over party from Corbyn
After crushing loss to Conservatives last week, fresh faces come forward as candidates to rehabilitate battered faction; Blair slams Corbyn’s ‘hostility to Western foreign policy’
By AP
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