ANI | Updated: May 12, 2026 09:32 IST London [UK], May 12 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing mounting political pressure after dozens of lawmakers from his own Labour Party called for his resignation following poor local election results, even as he vowed to remain in office and warned that leadership instability would
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday is set to leave for Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping after weeks of trying, and failing, to persuade the Chinese government to use its considerable leverage to prod Iran to agree to U.S. terms to end the two-month old war — or at the very
LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party suffered a historic defeat in this week’s local elections, losing nearly 1,500 council seats across England while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party made dramatic gains, capturing more than 1,450 seats and control of multiple local authorities. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage toasts to local election victory. Source:
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May 11 (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities on Monday named President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s powerful former chief of staff as a suspect in a major corruption probe, a move likely to pile pressure on the president’s office at a sensitive moment in the war with Russia. Kyiv’s political class was rocked by a wide-ranging investigation last year
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was battling to save his position Monday, refusing to step aside despite mounting pressure from within his own party and a wave of resignations among close aides. Resignation calls intensified after more than 70 Labor MPs publicly urged the Labor leader
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The White House is inviting Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk, Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook, Boeing Co.’s Kelly Ortberg and executives from other large companies to accompany President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week, according to an official. The group of more than a dozen top executives is joining Trump for a visit later
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May 11 (Reuters) – The Rwandan-backed AFC/M23 rebel group has withdrawn from several key positions in Congo’s eastern South Kivu province over the weekend, the Congolese army and a rebel official said on Monday, marking the first significant battlefield shift in months. • The withdrawal followed military pressure from the Congolese army and diplomatic pressure
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Venezuela ’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez told journalists Monday that her country had no plans to become the 51st U.S. state after President Donald Trump said he was “seriously considering” the move. Rodríguez was speaking at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the final day of hearings
Aging, allegedly ailing Vladimir Putin has been mocked over his puffy, strangely altered face after the fearful, paranoid Russian dictator made a rare public appearance in Moscow over the weekend. The swollen-cheeked 73-year-old despot was spotted at an unusually quiet Victory Day parade to mark the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi
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Reform UK councillor Stuart Prior has resigned after being elected last week 15:25, 11 May 2026Updated 15:26, 11 May 2026 A Reform UK councillor for Essex County Council and for Rochford District Council has resigned (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Reach PLC) A Reform UK councillor has resigned from his elected position just days after the local
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NAIROI, Kenya (AP) — France is pitching what it says is a new model of partnership with African countries at a summit that begins Monday in Kenya as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries that has been widely seen as marking declining influence on the continent. But Paris is expected to use
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Home » Videos » Keir Starmer vows to prove ‘doubters’ wrong after local UK election losses (Video) Posted By: Social News XYZ May 11, 2026 Prime Minister Keir Starmer made the pledge Monday, referencing members of his own party and among the electorate as a whole wrong as he tries to fight off demands to
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By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) – European governments on Monday rejected suggestion by Russian President Vladimir Putin that German former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder could represent them in possible future talks with Moscow on the continent’s security. Putin said on Saturday he believed the war in Ukraine was coming to an
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will attempt a political fightback on Monday (11 May) with a speech promising closer ties with the European Union after Labour suffered heavy local election losses and growing calls for his resignation. Starmer will promise to rebuild ties with the EU and put Britain “at the heart of Europe” in
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KYIV, May 11 (Reuters) – Nearly 20 countries are interested in drone deals with Ukraine and four agreements have already been signed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. Since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, Zelenskiy has managed to leverage Ukraine’s expertise in drone warfare into a series of successful diplomatic
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WARSAW, May 11 (Reuters) – Poland will seek answers about how a former minister wanted on abuse of power charges managed to travel from Hungary to the United States, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, after Warsaw’s hopes of bringing him to trial were thwarted. Former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro and his deputy
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Last Updated:May 11, 2026, 14:16 IST Labour’s crushing local poll losses have triggered growing unease within the party, with some MPs openly discussing a leadership transition even as Starmer insists he will not quit British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (IMAGE: REUTERS) Less than two years after leading the Labour Party back to power in Britain,
Researchers have made the ground shake in southern Switzerland, triggering thousands of tiny earthquakes in a monitored setting, as they seek to discover seismicity insights that could reduce risks. Switzerland’s underground lab sparks thousands of tiny earthquakes in seismicity study (Representative image/Unsplash) “It was a success!” said Domenico Giardini, one of the lead researchers on
Strait of Hormuz, a key energy trade waterway, continues to be in the center of the war between Iran and the United States even as the two countries scramble to find a way to end the conflict. While the US has repeatedly raised objections about Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz, which remains effectively
May 11 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military and regional officials on Monday reported Russian drone strikes and battlefield clashes over the past 24 hours, despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Ukraine and Russia agreed on Friday to a ceasefire from May 9 to May 11 as part of a U.S.-led push for peace under President Donald Trump to
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