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Source : Eman El-Shenawi, Al Arabiya | 03 Jul 2013

A popular British television channel says it hopes to provoke viewers by broadcasting the Muslim call to prayer during Ramadan, in what is said to be a first for a mainstream UK station.

Channel 4 says it will broadcast the call, known as the “adhan” in Arabic, during the 30 days of the holy month of fasting, which starts next week.

By Al Arabiya with AFP | 31 Jan 2013

British Prime Minister David Cameron flew to Algeria on Wednesday and told reporters that the gas complex attack and a French-led military operation in Mali "reminds us of the importance of partnership between Britain and countries in the region."

Source : OnIslam | 11 Dec 2012

Renowned British lawmaker George Galloway has attacked new restrictions imposed on the wearing of the Muslim face-veil (Niqab) at the meeting place of the two houses of parliament, describing the move as an infringement of Muslim rights.

“Everyone understands the need to have proper security,” Galloway, Respect MP for Bradford West, told The Daily Mail on Sunday, December 9.

By AFP | 26 Nov 2012

Syria’s opposition coalition on Monday named a human rights activist as its “ambassador” in London, it said in a statement posted online, the second such appointment by the newly formed coalition.

“The coalition of the opposition announces the nomination of the president of the Syrian Commission for Human Rights, Walid Safur, as ambassador to London. He is the second ambassador of the Syrian revolution,” the National Coalition said on its Facebook page.

By AFP | 16 Nov 2012

Britain welcomed the new Syrian opposition to London on Friday but said it needed to know more about their plans before joining France in recognizing them as the main voice against Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Foreign Secretary William Hague said the opposition had taken a “very big step forward” by uniting and said Britain would decide “in the coming days” whether to recognize it as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

Source : Agencies | 07 Sept 2012

As fighting escalated in Syria on Thursday, French President Francois Hollande said his country and Britain have agreed on the need to speed up the transition from President Bashar Assad’s regime to a new government.

But Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western and Arab governments need to review their policy on Syria, saying the key objective should be to end the deadly violence.

Source : OnIslam | 03 Sep 2012

By Anshel Pfeffer | Haaretz | 29 Apr 2012

One of the largest supermarket chains in Britain has announced that it intends to boycott Israeli agricultural exporters that market also produce from the West Bank settlements.

Source : Reuters | 28 Mar 2012

France is in talks with the United States and Britain on a possible release of strategic oil stocks to push fuel prices lower, French ministers said on Wednesday, four weeks before the country's presidential election.

Earlier in March, British sources said London was prepared to cooperate with Washington on a release of strategic oil stocks that was expected within months, in a bid to prevent fuel prices choking economic growth in what is also a U.S. election year.

By Jean-Luc Renaudie | AFP | Jerusalem | 21 Feb 2012

Israel is coming under increased pressure from Washington and Europe to hold off from attacking Iran over its disputed nuclear drive and allow time for a regime of tight international sanctions to kick in.

Pressure is being exerted from all directions, officials acknowledge, with Washington's concern over a pre-emptive Israeli strike reflected in the steady stream of senior officials arriving in Jerusalem for top-level talks.