Nazanin husband’s anger as British embassy refuses to accompany her to Iranian court

Nazanin husband’s anger as British embassy refuses to accompany her to Iranian court while world waits to learn if her six-year prison ordeal is over Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe jailed for five years in 2016 on trumped-up spying charges  Husband Richard Ratcliffe hoped British embassy would take wife to court   But British embassy in Tehran declined to … Read more

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband and daughter, six, protest at Iranian embassy

Source: PA April 3 2016: The mother-of-one is detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at Imam Khomeini airport after a holiday visit to Iran where she showed her daughter Gabriella to her parents. July 12 2016: Richard Ratcliffe, her husband, delivers letters to Downing Street for outgoing prime minister David Cameron and his replacement Theresa … Read more

Rockets are fired at US embassy in Baghdad 

Rockets are fired at US embassy in Baghdad  Rockets have been fired at the US embassy in Iraq’s capital, sources say  One of them fell within the perimeter of the Green Zone  The attack is the third in a week to target Western installations in the country   By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline Published: 16:53 GMT, … Read more

Chief negotiator and ‘true hero’ of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege has died

The Metropolitan Police’s head negotiator who helped the SAS save the lives of 19 hostages during the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 has died. Chief Superintendent Max Vernon was part of a six-man team charged with negotiating with six armed terrorists who besieged the diplomatic building in South Kensington, West London and took 26 people … Read more

Chief negotiator during 1980 Iranian Embassy siege dies

The siege began when a group of six gunmen stormed into the Iranian embassy in South Kensington, London, on April 30th 1980. They took mostly embassy staff hostage but among them was BBC sound recordist Sim Harris who was at the embassy to get a visa. PC Trevor Locke, a member of the diplomatic protection … Read more

Boris Johnson’s senior aide in conflict of interest row over Chinese Embassy deal

A top aide to Boris Johnson is today caught up in a conflict of interest row over claims he helped broker a deal for China‘s new embassy on behalf of the Government while being paid by two of the companies involved. Lord Udny-Lister helped the Foreign Office lead talks with China over its £255million deal … Read more

US Embassy did NOT mention Anne Sacoolas was a spy following the death of Harry Dunn

Foreign Office were not told that Anne Sacoolas was a spy in official notes sent by the US Embassy in the wake of Harry Dunn’s death, court documents have today revealed. Officials labelled the US intelligence worker as a spouse of an Embassy employee when they sent the Foreign Office a note asserting her diplomatic … Read more

US Embassy claims it’s ‘just a bust of Winston Churchill’ after removing statue from Oval Office

Britain’s US Embassy attempts to play down fears that Biden’s removal of Churchill bust signals a souring of Special Relationship with video about Anglo-American friendship US Embassy in London uploaded video defining the ‘Special Relationship’ Video is in response to criticism of removal of Churchill bust from Oval office The video shows how the Special … Read more

Peter Andre reveals he begged the Australian embassy to let him visit his elderly parents

‘I miss them too much’: Peter Andre reveals he begged the Australian embassy to let him visit his elderly parents during the pandemic By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 15:51 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 15:51 GMT, 5 January 2021 Peter Andre has revealed he begged the Australian embassy to let him visit his … Read more

Chinese embassy plans in London ‘could unearth bodies of thousands of Black Death victims’

China‘s plans to build a huge embassy at a historic site in central London has sparked fears it could unearth thousands of bodies of bubonic plague victims. The People’s Republic of China wants to use the former Royal Mint, which sits opposite the Tower of London, as its new embassy – making it the Communist … Read more