Jo Cox

Man suspected of possessing knife arrested outside UK parliament

London police arrested a man at the fence surrounding the British parliament on suspicion of carrying a knife.

Nazi-obsessed loner gets life for murder of British lawmaker Jo Cox

A loner obsessed with Nazis and extreme right-wing ideology was sentenced on Wednesday to spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering lawmaker Jo Cox in a frenzied street attack that stunned Britain a week before the European Union referendum

Jo Cox murder: Far-right extremist sentenced to life for killing Labour MP during Brexit campaign

The trial judge, Justice Wilkie, said Cox's murder was carried out to "advance a political cause of violent white supremacism, associated with Nazism".

'Jo would ask us not to fight hate with hate': Family lays murdered British MP Cox to rest

Hundreds of people lined the streets to pay their respects to Cox's funeral cortege as it passed through towns in her constituency on Friday.

Memoir catapults Malala to millionaire club

Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai and her family have become millionaires as a result of income from her memoir describing life under Taliban rule in Pakistan's picturesque Swat valley and appearances on the lecture circuit around the world.

Jo Cox murder suspect to be tried in November under terrorism protocol

Cox was shot and stabbed to death last Thursday as she was on her way to meet local residents in her constituency in Birstall in northern England.

To leave or not to leave: Brexit debate polarises British voters, politicians

The British referendum has polarised voters into those who wish Britain stays in the UK and those who are in favour of a Brexit.

Uncertainty, tension prevail in Britain two days ahead of referendum on Brexit

Risks loom ahead with the Thursday vote on Brexit deemed as a turning point in the political and economic fate of both Britain and Europ

Need to increase trade with India to push against Brexit, says David Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron has invoked increasing trade with India as part of his plea to the public to vote to remain in the EU in Thursday's crucial referendum, saying that UK could do more with the country but cutting off from the main market would be "economic madness".

Asia stocks gain as Brexit fears ebb slightly, safe-havens retreat

"Those who were risk averse are reversing their positions," said Yoshinori Shigemi, global market strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management in Tokyo.