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Swedish premier criticizes MPs for posing with symbols of PKK terror group

By Anadolu Agency Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has criticized a group of left-wing parliamentarians for posing with rags symbolizing the PKK terror group. “[This] is extremely inappropriate,” Andersson told the country’s TT news agency, recalling that PKK is a designated terror organization not just in Sweden but in the EU. Despite the commitments in

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What’s next for UK? Boris Johnson quits, but not gone yet

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to media next to 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) By The Associated Press Boris Johnson has caved in to a Conservative Party revolt after months of ethics scandals and resigned as party leader, but

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Boris Johnson resigns as British PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement at Downing Street in London, Britain, July 7, 2022. Reuters/Phil Noble By Reuters Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was resigning as Britain’s prime minister, bowing to calls from ministerial colleagues and lawmakers in his Conservative Party. “The process of choosing that new leader should begin now,”

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Embattled UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson agrees to resign

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. . (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) By The Associated Press Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign, his office said Thursday, ending an unprecedented political crisis over his future that has paralyzed Britain’s government. An official in Johnson’s Downing Street office

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UK PM Johnson to resign on Thursday – BBC

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks at Downing Street in London, Britain July 6, 2022. Reuters/Henry Nicholls By Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resign on Thursday, several media outlets including the BBC reported. Johnson had been hanging onto power despite the resignation of a string of his top ministers. On Thursday the man

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UK’s Johnson defiant even as opponents tell him time is up

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. . (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) By The Associated Press British Treasury chief Nadhim Zahawi has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign, just 36 hours after Johnson put him in the job, while another newly appointed Cabinet minister quit her

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Iran claims to have arrested UK’s deputy head of mission for espionage

By Anadolu Agency Iran claimed Wednesday that it had detained the UK’s deputy ambassador in Tehran for allegedly taking samples of soil from a region where missile exercises were being conducted. Giles Whitaker and several other foreign nationals were detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) after it was determined that they took the

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Support ebbs for Boris Johnson as more British ministers quit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly question time debate, in Parliament in London, Britain, July 6, 2022 in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via Reuters By Reuters Britain’s Boris Johnson was clinging to power on Wednesday, with support seeping away from the increasingly isolated prime minister, badly wounded by

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UK’s Boris Johnson on the brink as ministers quit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a Prime Minister’s Questions session at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, March 30, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via Reuters By Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face questions in parliament followed by a grilling by senior lawmakers on Wednesday, with his premiership on the

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The final blow? UK PM Boris Johnson loses two key ministers

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the start of a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, Britain July 5, 2022. Justin Tallis/Pool via Reuters By Reuters Britain’s finance and health ministers resigned on Tuesday, in what looked to be the final blow for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s premiership after he had tried to

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