Topic: UK
UK bans UAE flights as it expands travel
Britain is banning direct passenger flights to and from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Friday, shutting down the world’s busiest international airline route from Dubai to London, reported Al Jazeera.
40 countries ban travel to UK as new Covid strain stokes panic in country
More than 40 countries banned arrivals from the UK in an effort to keep out a new fast-spreading variant of coronavirus and Boris Johnson is facing intense pressure to impose another national lockdown within days.
Call for action by global academics over treatment of Muslims in India
On Human Rights Day 2020, more than 20 global academics have expressed their deep concern over the deterioration of the human rights situation in India, in particular the treatment of minority groups (especially Muslims) students, activists and journalists who are denied their constitutional right to dissent and protest peacefully.
Coronavirus: UK to get vaccine from next week
The coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech will be available in the United Kingdom (UK) from next week, the country’s Department of Health and Social Care has said.
Uighurs: Britain Muslim group calls on UK govt to take action China
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has called on the Britain Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab MP, to follow up his strong stance condemning the ethnic cleansing of Uighur Muslims “with equally strong actions”.
England World Cup winner Jack Charlton dies, aged 85
Jack Charlton, a football World Cup winner with England and one of English football’s most popular characters has died aged 85.
