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United Kingdom

UK expels Russian diplomat and spouse in tit-for-tat move

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has revoked accreditation for a Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse in retaliation for expulsions announced in Moscow this week.

13/03/2025

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Tibetan protesters clash with police in New Delhi

Tibetan Youth Congress members clashed with police outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi during demonstrations marking the 66th Tibetan National Uprising Day.

10/03/2025

Green News

US stops sharing air pollution data from embassies around the world

Reliable data from US embassies and consulates has been essential for air quality monitoring in cities around the world.

06/03/2025

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Protesters attack foreign embassies in DR Congo over M23 rebel advance

Dozens of protesters in Kinshasa attacked foreign embassies, demanding action against M23 rebels in the country's east. Police used teargas to disperse them.

28/01/2025

Europe News

Israel to close its embassy in Ireland over 'anti-Israel policies'

Israel will close its embassy due to the "extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish Government,” foreign minister Gideon Saar said in a statement on Sunday.

15/12/2024

Europe News

Turkey reopens its embassy in Syria for the first time in 12 years

The embassy reopening happened just days after rebels overthrew the government of Bashar al-Assad.

14/12/2024

Germany

Germany shuts Iranian consulates over execution of Jamshid Sharmahd

Berlin says relations with Tehran are at 'a low point' after the German-Iranian prisoner was executed in Iran on terror charges

31/10/2024

Europe News

Man suspected of planning attack on Israel embassy arrested in Germany

German authorities have arrested a Libyan man with suspected ties to the extremist group Islamic State who was allegedly planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin.

20/10/2024

Business

TfL 'names and shames' London embassies over unpaid congestion charges

Transport for London is planning to go to court to try and get the more-than-£14 million it says the US embassy owes for unpaid congestion charges.

21/05/2024

Sweden

Stockholm police investigating suspected shooting near Israeli embassy

According to Swedish authorities, several people have been detained and houses raided after an incident in the inner east of the capital.

17/05/2024

World News

Russian police arrest over 100 Navalny mourners nationwide

Floral tributes to Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe who died Friday in a Russian penal colony, were removed overnight by groups of unidentified people while police watched.

17/02/2024

Poland

Moscow reacts angrily after Poland shuts down Russian school in Warsaw

Poland says there is a big disparity in the number of diplomatic buildings each has in the other's country.

29/04/2023

Ukraine

Suspect embassy packages had a German shipping address, says Kyiv

Each of the parcels had the shipping address of a Tesla car dealership near Stuttgart.

07/12/2022

Ukraine

Ukrainian embassies across Europe receive 'bloody animal eye parcels'

"Not being able to stop Ukraine on the diplomatic front, they try to intimidate us," said Ukraine's foreign affairs minister Dmytro Kuleba.

02/12/2022

Greece

Cars damaged in suspected arson attack near Italian embassy in Greece

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the attack was likely carried out by "anarchists".

02/12/2022

Spain

Spain PM targeted as letter bomb victims expand beyond Ukraine embassy

Meanwhile, another letter bomb was found on Thursday at a European Union satellite centre at the Torrejón de Ardoz air base outside Madrid.

30/11/2022

Germany

Police investigate attack on pro-democracy vigil near Iranian embassy

Three men reportedly attacked a vehicle outside the embassy that was displaying pro-democracy banners.

31/10/2022

Norway

Scores arrested after protesters try to enter Iranian embassy in Oslo

Demonstrations have broken out across Europe following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian custody earlier in September.

29/09/2022

Russia

Moscow renames US embassy street after Donetsk separatists

The move forces the US embassy to refer to the Donetsk People's Republic, which Washington does not recognise as an independent state.

22/06/2022

France

Security guard killed outside Qatar's embassy in Paris

A security guard working at the Qatari embassy in Paris was killed on Monday morning, with a suspect quickly arrested, according to a source close to the investigation.

23/05/2022