Police clashed with Muslim protesters demanding ‘respect for the Prophet’ in London today outside the French Embassy over Emmanuel Macron’s stance on Charlie Hebdo cartoons. Demonstrators gathered in the capital holding signs that bore the words ‘We will not tolerate disrespect of our beloved prophet’, ‘The Earth’s biggest terrorist is Macron’ and ‘Insult is not freedom of speech’ as the … Read more
Seven Britons were in custody in Paris today in connection with the attempted ‘hit and run’ murder of a police officer outside the Israeli Embassy in France. The four men and three women have not been named but are said to be Londoners of Pakistani origin, who were travelling in a Mercedes and a BMW … Read more
American employee at US Embassy in Kiev dies in hospital after she was found beaten unconscious with head injuries in a forest area near railway tracks Ukrainian police said Wednesday an unidentified woman who worked at the embassy died after an assault in the Shevchenko district of the Ukrainian capital The badly-beaten victim was discovered … Read more
His iconic photographs of the SAS storming the Iranian embassy won him an award – but Dave Parker might easily have missed it. As a budding Fleet Street photographer when the siege happened in 1980, he was also trying to cover his patch at Heathrow Airport, and only agreed last minute to do a ‘shift’ … Read more
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
Putin mocks rainbow flag outside US embassy in Moscow and suggests it reflected on the diplomats’ sexual orientation Putin mocked a rainbow LGBT pride flag hung from the US embassy in Moscow He implied the flag was suggestive of the sexual orientation of the staff ‘Let them celebrate. They’ve shown a certain something about the … 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. Zeki Demir, a local technician who worked for the consulate, told the court today he had been called to the consul’s … 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
Pictures of SAS soldiers abseiling down the walls of the Iranian Embassy moments before they rescued hostages inside have become synonymous with the regiment. But ahead of Tuesday’s 40th anniversary of the assault, which made the elite regiment a household name, rarely seen images of a different part of the daring mission have emerged – … Read more
An SAS hero of the Iranian Embassy siege has revealed how the raid nearly turned into a bloodbath when a terrorist disguised as a hostage tried to let off an explosive. Warrant Officer Ian White was one of the 32 commandos who famously stormed the building in London to bring an end to the six … Read more