Foreign Office says ‘small number’ of British embassy workers suffered ‘non-life-threatening’ injuries in Beirut blast Explosion in Port of Beirut has killed dozens of people and devastated the city Foreign Office confirms some British embassy staff were injured in deadly blast Boris Johnson said Government is ‘ready to provide support in any way we can’ … Read more
A Saudi embassy worker has told the Khashoggi murder trial that he saw many ‘skewers of meat’ and was told by ‘panicked’ staff to light the oven on the day the journalist was killed and dismembered. Zeki Demir, a local technician who worked for the consulate, told the court today he had been called to … Read more
British embassy in North Korea is CLOSED and diplomats evacuated into China amid fears of a crackdown by Kim Jong-un to fight coronavirus The Pyongyang embassy was closed early today and diplomats headed to China There are fears of a crackdown as Kim Jong-un fights coronavirus in the country Swedish ambassador said he would miss … Read more
Forty years ago this month, on April 30, 1980, the Iranian Embassy on Prince’s Gate in London was stormed by six terrorists bent on gaining autonomy for a region in southern Iran they call Arabistan. What unfolded was a siege of high drama that transfixed the world, as JONATHAN MAYO revealed in the Mail on … Read more
The hostage with a hidden pistol. The terrorist toying with a grenade pin. The SAS who thought it was a wind-up. And Mr Nibbles, the hamster at the heart of it all. Forty years on, a gripping account of the Iranian embassy siege — minute by nerve-shredding minute … Day one: Wednesday, April 30, 1980 … Read more
Julian Assange plots to use human rights laws to fight extradition to US after fathering two children while living at Ecuadorian embassy Assange could use human rights laws to fight his extradition to the United States Legal team could use right to family life with Morris and two sons to bolster case Miss Morris revealed … Read more
China’s state media has lashed out at the US embassy in Beijing after it referred to the novel coronavirus as the ‘Wuhan virus’ on heavily censored Chinese social media. The diplomatic mission used the term twice yesterday when it commented on the pandemic in Chinese on Weibo, the country’s equivalent to Twitter, sparking an uproar … Read more
Father-of-six who hit his children with chair legs and belts will escape punishment because he has diplomatic immunity… as judge admits he is powerless to protect the youngsters or take them into care Husband and wife will escape punishment because he has diplomatic immunity Father hit children with broken chair legs and dragged his daughter … Read more
Suicide bomber attacks US embassy in Tunisia: Militant on a motorcycle tries to storm consulate in Tunis before blowing himself up injuring five Local media said five police officers were wounded in the vicious attack Friday US Embassy confirmed the bombing and urged people to avoid the area in Tunis Scorched motorbike and damaged police … Read more