Topic: United Kingdom

Mosque suicide attack kills six in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber on Friday attacked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, assassinating a district police chief and killing at least five other people, a government official said.The attack happened as worshippers were leaving the mosque after the main Friday prayers in the ...

UK Olympic security boss dismisses U.S. fear report

LONDON (Reuters) - The head of London's Olympic security dismissed as "rubbish" on Tuesday a media report that the United States was unhappy with arrangements for next summer's Games.London's national Olympic security coordinator Chris Allison also said he had confidence in the ...

Four due in court on terror charges

Four young men charged with terrorism offences were due to appear in a London court on Saturday as part of a major counter-terror operation, police said.Khobaib Hussain, Ishaaq Hussain and Shahid Kasam Khan, all 19, and Naweed Mahmood Ali, 24, were charged ...

Four due in British court on terror charges

Four young men charged with terrorism offences were due to appear in a London court on Saturday as part of a major counter-terror operation, police said.Khobaib Hussain, Ishaaq Hussain and Shahid Kasam Khan, all 19, and Naweed Mahmood Ali, 24, were charged ...

Concern grows in U.K., U.S. over Somali-based militants

LONDON (Reuters) - In late October, two 18-year-old men from the Welsh city of Cardiff were arrested on Kenya's border with war-torn Somalia. The father of one of them told the BBC he believed his son had been "brainwashed" and was on ...

Libya rebels 'to cooperate in Lockerbie probe'

Libya's rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) will assist in the Lockerbie bombing probe despite its justice minister claiming that "the case is closed", the foreign ministry said Monday.Transitional justice minister Mohammed al-Alagi said Monday that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of ...

NTC will cooperate in Lockerbie probe: Britain

Libya's rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) will assist in the Lockerbie bombing probe despite its justice minister claiming that "the case is closed", the foreign ministry said Monday.Transitional justice minister Mohammed al-Alagi said Monday that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of ...

British police charge six with terrorism offences

LONDON (Reuters) - Six men have been charged with terrorism offences a week after they were arrested in a police operation in Birmingham, Britain's second largest city, police said on Sunday.Four of the men were charged with preparing for acts of terrorism ...

British police charge six with terrorism offenses

LONDON (Reuters) - Six men have been charged with terrorism offenses a week after they were arrested in a police operation in Birmingham, Britain's second largest city, police said on Sunday.Four of the men were charged with preparing for acts of terrorism ...

London Olympics to 'strain' mobile networks-mayor

LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile phone networks face a "massive strain" during next summer's Olympics as sports fans rush to send pictures and messages, Mayor of London Boris Johnson warned on Thursday.The use of mobile phones to access the internet and take and ...
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