Cyberattack Hits U.K. Parliament, Limits MPs' Email Access

EghtesadOnline: A cyberattack disabled some of the U.K. Parliament’s communications on Saturday, disrupting the ability of lawmakers to access their email, a House of Commons spokeswoman said.

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Publish Date:25/June/2017 | 04:40

British lawmakers set to approve PM May's June 8 election plan

EghtesadOnline: The British parliament was expected on Wednesday to formally approve Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to hold an early election on June 8 she hopes will deliver a stronger personal mandate as she embarks on Brexit talks.

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Publish Date:19/April/2017 | 07:03

U.S. tourist killed in London would not have borne ill feelings toward attacker: family

EghtesadOnline: The family of U.S. tourist Kurt Cochran who was killed in last week's assault on the British parliament said on Monday he would not have borne any ill feelings toward the attacker.

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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 13:30

Police arrest two more over British parliament attack

EghtesadOnline: British police said they had made two further significant arrests in the investigation into the attack on London's parliament and gave the birth name of the man behind the assault as Adrian Russell Ajao.

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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 10:42

Investigators considering whether UK attack was inspired by IS: European official says

EghtesadOnline: Investigators are considering the possibility that the attack on the British parliament was inspired by Islamic State propaganda, a European government official told Reuters.

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Publish Date:22/March/2017 | 21:23

May Comfortably Sees Off First Attempts to Amend Brexit Bill

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May easily warded off early efforts to amend the bill she’s trying to get through Parliament to allow her to begin Brexit negotiations.

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Publish Date:07/February/2017 | 05:03

May’s Brexit Critics Circle as U.K. Parliament Flexes Muscles

EghtesadOnline: When she called a snap election in April, Theresa May said she needed voters’ backing to silence rivals in Parliament who were trying to frustrate her plans for Brexit.

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Publish Date:23/June/2017 | 13:11

British PM May could lose majority in June 8 election: YouGov projection

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May could lose control of parliament in Britain's June 8 election, according to a projection by polling company YouGov, raising the prospect of political deadlock just as formal Brexit talks begin.

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Publish Date:31/May/2017 | 13:44

Saudi Embassy Confirms U.K. Attacker Had Been in Saudi Arabia

EghtesadOnline: The British man who killed four people during a London rampage had made three trips to Saudi Arabia: He taught English there twice on a work visa and returned on a visa usually granted to those going on a religious pilgrimage.

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Publish Date:26/March/2017 | 04:55

U.K. Spies Knew London Terrorist’s Record of Crime and Extremism

EghtesadOnline: The terrorist behind the worst attack on London in more than a decade had a string of convictions for violence and was once investigated by British intelligence over concerns he was turning to extremism.

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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 07:24

London attacker Khalid Masood was a 52-year-old criminal with militant links

EghtesadOnline: Before he killed at least four people in Britain's deadliest attack since the 2005 London bombings, Khalid Masood was considered by intelligence officers to be a criminal who posed little serious threat.

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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 10:50

Iranian embassy strongly condemns attack on British parliament

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Embassy in London on Thursday evening strongly condemned recent terrorist attack outside the British Parliament which killed five people and wounded 40 others.

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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 09:48

Four dead, at least 20 injured in UK parliament 'terrorist' attack

EghtesadOnline: Four people were killed and at least 20 injured in London on Wednesday after a car plowed into pedestrians and an attacker stabbed a policeman close to the British parliament in what police called a "marauding terrorist attack".

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Publish Date:22/March/2017 | 21:21

U.K. Parliament Gives Theresa May Permission to Start Brexit

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to trigger Brexit in the last week of March after securing the permission of lawmakers to begin two years of talks with the European Union.

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Publish Date:14/March/2017 | 05:22

U.K.'s May Faces Brexit Clash After Bill Clears First Lords Test

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May won the first stage of her clash with Parliament’s unelected upper chamber over her plan to trigger Brexit, but now faces a fight to pass her draft law unchanged.

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Publish Date:22/February/2017 | 05:15