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Britain has come under increasing pressure from critics to tackle the refugee crossings.
French maritime patrol say it acted "on several reports of small boats of migrants in difficulty in the straights" off Calais
UK angry at 'unacceptably high' Channel migrant numbers
British interior minister Priti Patel deplored the number of migrants crossing into the UK from France.
Banksy triptych raises $3 million for Palestinian hospital
A Palestinian hospital in the occupied West Bank is set to receive a large donation, after British street artist Banksy raised nearly $3 million ...
In Libya's war, where is the UK?
Comment: For all its talk about human rights, the UK has been decidedly absent in supporting a stable solution for Libya that would favour the ...
UK imposes sanctions, then praises ties with Saudi Arabia
Comment: In a weak attempt at justice for Jamal Khashoggi, the UK imposed sanctions, but then apparently apologised and returned to negotiating arms exports with Saudi Arabia, writes Courtney Freer.
UK 'issued private apology' to Saudi Arabia over sanctions
Britain's defence minister reportedly called his Saudi counterpart to heap praise on the kingdom a day after UK sanctions were imposed on Saudi ...
Saudi Arabia selects royal court head as WTO candidate
Countries are putting forward their candidates for WTO head.
What patchy sanctions tell us about Raab's post-Brexit priorities
Comment: UK sanctions on Saudi and Russian individuals are encouraging but will do little to the punish the regimes that allowed these abuses to ...
Saudis top UK 'independent' sanctions list for rights violators
Saudi Arabia has topped UK's sanctions list for human rights violations.
Khashoggi's Saudi 'killers' sanctioned by UK government
The UK foreign office has designated sanctions against some of the officials involved in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
The Muslims who saved Liverpool F.C.
Comment: Liverpool wingers Salah and Mane are scoring goals well beyond the football pitch, writes Khaled Beydoun.
UK Foreign Office urged to secure Gulf activists' safety
A group of UK lawmakers urged the UK Foreign Office to intervene in the cases of three Gulf activists who are at risk of contracting Covid-19 in ...
Boris Johnson's new-model colonial policy
Comment: Johnson's decision to put the Department for International Development directly under the control of the foreign ministry is indicative ...
London mayor warns of 'violence' as far-right protest planned
London's Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan fears clashes may break out between far-right and anti-racism protestors in London this weekend.
Nigel Farage compares anti-racist movement to the Taliban
Farage has compared BLM activists to the Taliban.
France and Turkey's growing rivalry in the Middle East
France views Turkey's foreign policy stance as a threat to its own economic and geopolitical interests.
UK aide Dominic Cummings defies calls to quit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top aide Dominic Cummings defied calls to resign over allegations that he broke coronavirus rules and ...
UK should punish Israel annexation with 'economic sanctions'
Israel was the first country to secure a post-Brexit trade agreement with the UK, set to come into effect on January next year.
TootArd: Trailblazing fusion music from the occupied Golan Heights
The New Arab Meets: Musical sensation TootArd, an inventive ensemble from the occupied Golan Heights whose sound fuses desert blues, ska and ...
UK flies in Turkish coronavirus medical aid
A shipment of 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment has arrived in the UK from Turkey, amid mounting criticism of the government's ...
Syrian academics displaced by war struggle to rebuild careers
Displaced Syrian academics are struggling to continue their careers after being forcibly uprooted by war, with many separated from their ...
MbS' lust for power could sink Saudi Arabia
Comment: Mohammed bin Salman is erratically pursuing short-term gains in a desperate and dangerous bid to secure his own ambitions, writes ...
On Palestine, Labour leadership contenders are failing, once again
Comment: When it comes to international solidarity and Palestine, we're seeing a return to the pre-Corbyn status quo, writes Malia Bouattia.
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