WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday testified in his legal case against a Spanish private security firm that he claims spied on him while he was holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London.

Russia hits out at the US decision to impose sanctions on companies working on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will transport Russian gas to Europe.

Here are the main points from Queen Elizabeth II’s speech in parliament yesterday setting out the British government’s legislative programme:

Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday put Britain’s departure from the EU at the top of the agenda, as Queen Elizabeth II read out his plans for government in a parliamentary ceremony following a sweeping election win.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen yesterday warned that failing to rapidly negotiate a new trade deal after Brexit would hurt Britain more than it would the EU.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was seeking yesterday to outlaw extending the Brexit transition period beyond the end of 2020, as he prepared to put the EU divorce deal before MPs.

Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, yesterday warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson that he could not keep Scotland in the United Kingdom against the country’s will.

It was a straight forward message: “Get Brexit done.” The mantra of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party during the national election campaign was aimed at harnessing voter frustration at a parliamentary logjam over Britain’s exit from the European Union. It worked.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party secures a majority in a landslide election victory, results showed on Friday.

It was a straight forward message: “Get Brexit done.” The mantra of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party during the national election campaign was aimed at harnessing voter frustration at a parliamentary logjam over Britain’s exit from the European Union.

Bangladeshi-origin candidates Tulip Siddiq, Rushanara Ali and Rupa Huq are were re-elected as parliament members in the UK national election.

The British pound surged more than 2% on Thursday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party looked set for a decisive election victory that markets believe makes an orderly exit from the European Union all but certain.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that his government appeared to have won a powerful new mandate to get Brexit done.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins a resounding election victory that will allow him to end three years of political paralysis and take Britain out of the European Union by Jan. 31.

Britain went to the polls yesterday to decide the future of Brexit in a snap pre-Christmas election aimed at ending years of political deadlock and bitter divisions over the country’s European Union membership.

The hearings at an international court in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Rohingya population at the International Court of Justice in The Hague roles into the third and final day.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg yesterday accused wealthier nations of inventing ways to avoid slashing their greenhouse gas emissions, branding their climate action “misleading” at a summit in Madrid.

Months of fractious political disagreement over Brexit saw MPs agree in October to hold an early general election.

Young voters are the most europhile and left-wing in Britain, yet also the least likely to vote, representing an unknown factor in Thursday’s battle for Downing Street.

Myanmar's lawyer William Schabas claims that the Gambia has "failed" to explain genocidal intent in the crimes that took place in Rakhine state in 2017.