Diplomats

Cambodia says no online scam compounds remain, experts sceptical

Building in O’Smach reportedly used for scam operations, at the Chong Chom-O’Smach border crossing in Samraong, Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province.

Pentagon official to brief NATO allies as review fuels questions

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Under Secretary of Defence Elbridge Colby attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, after a meeting of NATO Defence Ministers at the Alliance headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium February 12, 2026. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo

US starts returning staff to Middle East embassies after Iran war evacuations, sources say

The US flag flying at the American embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 17, after the building was targeted with drone and rocket attacks amid the US-Israel war on Iran.

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

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 23, 2026

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

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