Topic: Dominic Raab

After British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday, there's a short list of candidates to succeed him in the post -- but defense minister Ben Wallace might be the front-runner.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson underwent minor surgery for his sinuses at a London hospital Monday morning, leaving Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab to stand in for him briefly until he fully recovers.

More than 50 organizations have signed onto a letter warning of "dire consequences" if the British government abandons the Human Rights Act, arguing that it would put women and children at risk and threaten peace.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Friday that the country will send a team of investigators to Ukraine to probe allegations of war crimes, including sexual violence by the Russian military.

In an escalation of its war in Ukraine, Moscow on Wednesday said it's cut off two European nations -- Poland and Bulgaria -- from receiving any Russian-made gas because they have failed to pay for it in rubles.

A strike on Kyiv Saturday morning killed one person and injured several other people, the mayor said.

A Briton with militant sympathies for the Islamic State terror group was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for killing British lawmaker David Amess in a shocking stabbing attack six months ago.

A British jury found Ali Harbi Ali guilty of murdering David Amess, a member of the British parliament, after posing as a constituent to meet with the politician in October.

Russian forces pressed on toward the second-largest nuclear facility in Ukraine on Friday after taking control of the largest nuclear power plant in the country.

A whistleblower who used to work for a top British diplomatic office gave evidence on Tuesday to parliamentary investigators and said Britain abandoned allies in Afghanistan during the chaotic evacuation in August.