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Iraq expelled Sweden's ambassador and recalled its diplomat from Sweden, hours after protesters attacked the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, setting fire to part of the building.

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan’s decision to recall Afghan Ambassador Farid Mamundzay and appoint the current Trade Counsellor Qadir Shah as the Charge D’ Affaires (Acting Ambassador) in his place has posed a tough decision for the government’s policy on the situation in Afghanistan and its engagement with the Taliban.

US Ambassador to Beirut Dorothy Shea has said that Hezbollah has failed in its efforts to “break us,” adding “no one can break the resolve we all share.” The US mission on Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the April 18, 1983 bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut, in…

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a technical delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia to reopen the embassy in Riyadh. After more than seven years of severed relations, the Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers met in Beijing during the first official meeting between the two countries top diplomatic officials.…

The US embassy in London was briefly put into a state of lockdown on Wednesday morning with those inside told to duck and move away from windows.

Participants take part in a demonstration in Trafalgar Square over the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini (PA)

Its book of condolence – one of a number opened across the country to allow the public to pay tribute to the late British monarch’s death – opened between 12pm and 4pm yesterday

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Major move towards engaging Taliban, re-establishing presence in Afghanistan

In this episode, we examine the latest meeting of senior M.E.A. officials with the Taliban in Kabul and what this engagement means for the two countries.

A murder enquiry was opened in Paris on Monday after a security guard at Qatar’s Embassy in France was killed by an intruder.