Brexit

UK Reform party leader Nigel Farage defeats main opponent Count Binface to return to parliament

Farage, one of Britain's leading Brexit campaigners, in a highly unusual move, did not turn up at the vote count in the southern English seaside resort of Clacton.

Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage visits The Ship, on the day of voting in the Clacton by-election, triggered by his own resignation, in Kirby Le Soken, Essex, Britain, August 13, 2026.
Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a post-budget press conference in London, Britain, November 26, 2025.

'Angriest-ever' Farage quits UK parliament in protest, but will stand for re-election

BRITISH PM Keir Starmer announces his resignation on Monday. With a seventh prime minister set to enter 10 Downing Street in less than a decade, something is obviously wrong in His Majesty’s realm.

Middle Israel: Starmer’s exit highlights instability in British politics - opinion

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an update on the situation in the Middle East at Downing Street Briefing Room, in London, Britain, March 5, 2026.

Keir Starmer vows to fight on despite Labour’s heavy losses in local elections


A golden age of diplomacy: A thing of the past? - comment

Whether the shift in diplomatic tone and practice was inevitable or whether we’ve reached a tipping point, only time will tell. But what’s clear is that the world will never be the same.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks at her watch during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, March 19, 2026.

UK's Reform party plans to stop an immigration 'invasion,' promising to create ICE-style agency

With Reform ahead in opinion polls ahead of an election due no later than August 2029, the party led by Brexit veteran Nigel Farage is ramping up policy announcements.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks as demonstrators hold flags outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 12, 2026.

Brexit was 'biggest act of self harm,' reversing it is 'ultimate goal,' London Mayor Khan says

Khan has declared that he wants Britain to eventually rejoin the EU, calling for a return to the single market and the customs union.

 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks at the London Tech Week in London, Britain, June 12, 2023.

'We must coexist': MENA2050 build peace in the Middle East through shared vision

Middle East Affairs: How MENA2050 is building regional peace through grassroots collaborations.

 ILLUSTRATION - MENA collage - from top left clockwise Bar-On, Bichara, Otaibi, El-Haite.

French officials slam Macron after naming Michel Barnier as prime minister

"The National Rally will not participate in a government of any kind whatsoever of Mr Barnier's," said RN parliamentary party leader and former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.

 Michel Barnier of the French conservative party Les Republicains (The Republicans - LR) arrives to attend an emergency meeting called by LR party chiefs in Paris, following their leader Eric Ciotti's decision to form an alliance between his party's candidates and the far-right National Rally

Pressure mounts for UK government to designate PFLP as terror org

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is no longer a sanctioned group in the UK, thanks to a Brexit loophole.

 Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) stand guard during a parade marking the annual al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day), at Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon April 14, 2023.

Citing Brexit, European rabbinical group moves headquarters from London to Munich

The rabbinical group had been based in London since it was founded in 1956 and has around 1,000 member rabbis from across Europe, from Dublin to Vladivostok.

Chief Rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt (left) at the gala event of the annual conference of the Conference for European Rabbis in Munich, Germany

Israel's authoritarian judicial reform is a mistake as bad as Brexit - opinion

If Israel's judicial reforms do pass as is, the result will be about as felicitous as Brexit – that much is actually quite clear.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes questions during a news conference at the European Union leaders summit dominated by Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2019

Voices from the Arab press: Brexit at the heart of the British crisis

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 LONDON: ON the road to where?

Liz Truss' tenure as UK's PM could be a short one - opinion

It is the task of Liz Truss to try to bounce back from the issues caused by Brexit and her predecessors.

 NEW BRITISH Prime Minister Liz Truss and her husband Hugh O'Leary stand outside 10 Downing Street on Tuesday.