Diplomats

Chinese ambassador begins Australia posting, says took bus to work

Chinese diplomat Liu Jinsong arrived in Australia on Aug 25, and said he felt “both honoured and deeply conscious of the responsibility”.

Moscow says ambassador to UK no longer in post

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking at a press conference in Ottawa on Aug 22, after trade talks with the US collapsed.

US envoy to Belgium condemns suspension of academic in Jason Arday case

US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White has denounced the suspension of a US academic who led plagiarism accusations against Cambridge University professor Jason Arday, who was found dead on Aug 14 after resigning over the scandal.

Nancy Kissinger, wife of former US Secretary of State, dies at 92

(From left) Nancy Kissinger, Walter H. Annenberg, Brooke Astor, Henry Kissinger, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Laurance S. Rockefeller at the opening of Gottesman Hall in New York on May 24, 1984.

France to expel two Iranian diplomats in coming days, foreign minister says

FILE PHOTO: French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot arrives to attend the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, July 14, 2026. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Pool/File Photo

EU sees Iceland vote as potential boost for enlargement optics

FILE PHOTO: People walk on Rainbow Street ahead of a referendum on whether Iceland should resume accession negotiations with the European Union, in Reykjavik, Iceland, August 10, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Iran says two French embassy employees barred from returning

US ambassador to Israel denounces settler siege on Palestinians as ‘terror’

Israeli settlers gather in front of Palestinian houses in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on Aug 12.

Exiled Myanmar ambassador on trial for ‘trespass’ at diplomatic residence in Britain

Ex-ambassador of Myanmar to Britain, Kyaw Zwar Minn, poses for a portrait on Jan 31, 2023 at the diplomatic residence in London where he has remained since a new regime in Myanmar took over the running of the country in 2021.

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