Boris Johnson

A golden age of diplomacy: A thing of the past? - comment

Whether the shift in diplomatic tone and practice was inevitable or whether we’ve reached a tipping point, only time will tell. But what’s clear is that the world will never be the same.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks at her watch during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, March 19, 2026.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a Q&A as he visits Taffs Well Depot in Ffordd Bleddyn on February 18, 2026 in Cardiff, Wales.

Britain sees over 50,000 migrant crossings on small boats during Keir Starmer’s premiership

BORIS JOHNSON, one of many contenders for the Conservative leadership

UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Rabbi Menachem Margolin EJA Chairman in a tour of Auschwitz.

'It can happen again,' former UK PM Boris Johnson says at Birkenau


UK’s Gove in Israel to learn about post-COVID policy

The British minister plans to discuss the possibility of opening a travel corridor between his country and Israel.

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi meets with UK Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove, Tuesday, April 20, 2021.

UK notes opposition to ICC probe into alleged Israeli war crimes

“This investigation gives the impression of being a partial and prejudicial attack on a friend and ally of the UK’s," said PM Boris Johnson.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement at Downing Street after winning the general election, in London, Britain, December 13, 2019.

Boris Johnson wishes Jewish Britons a Happy Passover in message

Johnson acknowledged that the holiday would be celebrated again in isolation for many with the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson seen in public for the first time since his self-isolation ended, leaves Downing Street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, November 26, 2020.

Is Sheikha Latifa alive? UK asks Dubai

Dubai is now under growing international pressure to allow Latifa, who tried to flee in 2018 in a dinghy but was brought back by commando units from India, to go free.

United Arab Emirates' Sheikha Latifa al-Maktoum listens to the national anthem after winning the Dubai Grand Prix Show Jumping Championship over 1.50 m fences on her mount Peanuts De Beaufour February 2, 2013.

Boris Johnson calls ultra-Orthodox forced marriages 'despicable, inhuman'

Forced marriages have "no place whatsoever in Britain or anywhere in the world," PM's spokesperson said.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on BBC TV's The Andrew Marr Show in London, UK, January 3, 2021

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine plant partially evacuated due to bomb threat

AstraZeneca has agreed to supply Britain with 100 million doses of the vaccine.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photograph with a vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 candidate vaccine, known as AZD1222, at Wockhardt's pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wrexham, Wales, Britain November 30, 2020.

Britain says new COVID-19 variant may carry higher risk of death

Despite the higher risk, evidence showed that both vaccines being used in the country were effective against it.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson seen in public for the first time since his self-isolation ended, leaves Downing Street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, November 26, 2020.

England goes into new lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages

The new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom and now present in many other countries was spreading at great speed.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on BBC TV's The Andrew Marr Show in London, UK, January 3, 2021

UK parliament approves Brexit trade deal with EU, both look to future

Britain and the European Union signed the deal on Wednesday and the British parliament will finalize its implementation, ending over four years of negotiation.

Participants hold a British Union flag and an EU flag during a pro-EU referendum event at Parliament Square in London, Britain June 19, 2016.

Solar energy will help us strengthen Israeli-Arab peace, Netanyahu says

"Israel is completely committed to the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by the year 2050," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the International Climate Change Committee.

A worker walks next to parabolic mirrors at the research site of solar power company Brenmiller Energy near Dimona