ABD Maestro Private Ltd has launched ‘The Collective’, a 34-year-old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky priced at ₹11 lakh per 700ml bottle, marking the company’s entry into the ultra-luxury spirits ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told the BBC he regrets welcoming British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah to the UK, following the emergence of old social media posts which included calls to ...

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has launched a review into what she calls "serious information failures" in the case of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah. In a letter to the Foreign Affairs ...

Yvette Cooper has ordered an urgent Foreign Office review into “serious information failures” surrounding the case of a democracy activist who recently arrived in the UK after years of imprisonment in ...

The British-Egyptian activist at the centre of a political row appears to have endorsed new and baseless claims that he is the victim of a "smear campaign". Alaa Abd El Fattah flew to the UK on Friday ...

Abd el-Fattah apologises for past social media posts Counter-terrorism police assess posts after public referrals UK political figures call for deportation consideration Government announces review of ...

LONDON - Activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, freed from prison in Egypt and now in Britain, apologised on Dec 29 for his “shocking and hurtful” social media posts made more than a decade ago, which have led ...

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Keir Starmer is facing calls to strip Alaa Abd el-Fattah of his UK citizenship, days after the British-Egyptian dissident touched down in the UK following his release from an Egyptian jail. In the ...

Alaa Abd El-Fattah, an Egyptian-British human rights campaigner, has “unequivocally” apologised after right-wing leaders in the United Kingdom dug up decade-old tweets to demand he be stripped of ...

British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd El Fattah has apologised for several of his old tweets that have resurfaced, as calls grow for him to be deported from the UK days after he arrived ...

The Foreign Office has ordered an urgent review into a democracy activist recently released from years of detention in Egypt after his past “extremist” social posts sparked a backlash. Alaa Abd ...