Stories by Danny Kemp

Brexit on display at new EU history museum

BRUSSELS: The EU opened a new “House of European History” museum in Brussels on Thursday, focusing on the past...

Updated 05 May, 2017 06:58am

EU commissioner nominees to be put through the wringer

BRUSSELS: The men and women picked to run the EU for the next five years face a grilling by the European Parliament...

Published 29 Sep, 2014 06:13am

Britain faces up to Muslim veil ban debate

LONDON: Britain was dragged into a debate on Tuesday on Muslim women wearing full-face veils in public, with its...

Published 18 Sep, 2013 07:03am

Abu Qatada: Britain plucks Islamist thorn from its side

LONDON: Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada was for more than a decade a thorn in the side of British authorities, as...

Published 08 Jul, 2013 05:04am

The life and times of UK’s first woman PM

LONDON: Here is a chronology of the life of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister, who died on Monday aged 87:

Published 09 Apr, 2013 05:02am

Fallen UK minister, ex-wife jailed in revenge ‘tragedy’

LONDON: Disgraced former British energy minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife were jailed on Monday after a bitter saga of revenge that began with a driving offence and ended in adultery and the destruction of his

Published 13 Mar, 2013 03:56am

British queen attends first ever cabinet meeting

LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II attended her first-ever cabinet meeting on Tuesday to mark her diamond jubilee, the only monarch to do so since 1781.

Published 19 Dec, 2012 01:04am

Ex-editor of Murdoch paper, husband charged in hacking case

LONDON: Former Rupert Murdoch aide Rebekah Brooks, her husband and four others were charged on Tuesday with trying to conceal evidence in the first prosecutions to emerge from Britain’s phone hacking scandal

Published 16 May, 2012 12:14am

Thaksin visit could push Thailand, Cambodia to war

BANGKOK Thaksin Shinawatra`s visit to Phnom Penh benefits both the ousted Thai leader and his Cambodian host, but...

Published 11 Nov, 2009 12:00am

Asean powerless in face of crisis

HUA HIN (Thailand) Southeast Asian leaders` calls for action on the global financial meltdown will likely have ...

Published 02 Mar, 2009 12:00am

Security fears over Pakistan bankruptcy threat

ISLAMABAD Already nearly broke when the global financial crisis took hold, Pakistan now faces further woes that ...

Published 13 Oct, 2008 12:00am

Musharrafs fate hangs in balance

ISLAMABAD Pervez Musharraf faced an uncertain fate on Tuesday after his resignation as president of Pakistan, as the...

Published 19 Aug, 2008 12:00am

Rat people forced to beg on streets

GUJRAT Outside a Muslim shrine in this dusty city, a `rat woman` with a tiny head sits on a filthy mattress and ...

Published 01 Aug, 2008 12:00am

Rat people forced to beg on streets

GUJRAT Outside a Muslim shrine in this dusty city, a `rat woman` with a tiny head sits on a filthy mattress and ...

Published 01 Aug, 2008 12:00am

Irish-born woman is ‘Queen of Balochistan’

PISHIN: Irish-born Jennifer Musa has lived in Pakistan for almost as long as the country has existed. She came to ...

Published 14 Dec, 2006 12:00am