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Dfat bungle delayed visas for former Afghan embassy employees at risk from Taliban
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A file number bungle by an Australian government department caused a four-week delay in helping some Afghan citizens at risk of retribution from the Taliban as the militant group swept to power in Afghanistan, Guardia...
Afghan embassy staff remain in hiding despite being eligible for UK relocation
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More than 170 people who worked for the British embassy in Kabul remain in hiding in Afghanistan in fear for their lives, almost a year after the Taliban retook the country. A list of Afghans currently in hiding, seen...
Dfat bungle delayed visas for former Afghan embassy employees at risk from Taliban
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A file number bungle by an Australian government department caused a four-week delay in helping some Afghan citizens at risk of retribution from the Taliban as the militant group swept to power in Afghanistan, Guardia...
Afghan embassy staff remain in hiding despite being eligible for UK relocation
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More than 170 people who worked for the British embassy in Kabul remain in hiding in Afghanistan in fear for their lives, almost a year after the Taliban retook the country. A list of Afghans currently in hiding, seen...
US embassy pushing Kremlin to reveal location of veterans captured in Ukraine
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The US embassy in Russia this week was pressing the Kremlin to reveal the whereabouts of two Alabama men captured in Ukraine while defending the country from Russian invaders, according to the mother of one of the tak...
Street sign honoring Jamal Khashoggi unveiled in front of Saudi embassy in DC
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A day after the White House said Joe Biden would visit Saudi Arabia, a street sign in the name of the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi was unveiled in front of the Saudi embassy in Washington. Khashoggi, a US resid...
Two bodies found in search for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, Brazilian embassy says
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Bodies feared to be those of the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira have been found in the Amazon one week after the pair disappeared, according Brazil diplomats. An aide...
US embassy in Kyiv reopens after three months – video
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The US embassy in Kyiv has reopened three months after it closed due to Russia's impending invasion of Ukraine. A small number of diplomats will return to staff the embassy but consular operations will not resume imme...
Britain to reopen embassy in Kyiv, Boris Johnson announces
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Britain is to reopen its Kyiv embassy, Boris Johnson has announced, more than two months after moving it out of the Ukrainian capital before the Russian invasion. Since the embassy’s closure in February, the UK has re...
Briton accused of spying for Russia at Berlin embassy to be tried at Old Bailey
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A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin who is accused of spying for Russia will face a trial at the Old Bailey next year. David Smith, 57, allegedly passed secret information about the British govern...
UK embassy guard gave secrets to Russian general, court told
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A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin accused of spying for Russia allegedly passed “secret” information about the government to a Russian military attache, a court heard. David Smith, 57, denied nine offe...
British embassy guard suspected of spying for Russia extradited from Germany
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David Smith, 57, a security guard at the British embassy in Berlin who is suspected of spying for Russia, has been extradited from Germany and will appear in court on Thursday charged with nine offences under the Offi...
Twitter removes Russian embassy tweet on Mariupol bombing
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Twitter has removed a post from the Russian embassy in London about the Mariupol hospital bombing which claimed that the facility was no longer operational and that images of the attack had been faked, following criti...
Lithuania names road leading to Russian embassy ‘Ukrainian Heroes’ Street’
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The Lithuanian capital Vilnius has given the Russian embassy a new address on “Ukrainian Heroes’ Street” to protest Moscow’s invasion of its pro-western neighbour. “From today, the business card of every employee of t...
‘It came too late’: Chinese students who fled Ukraine criticise embassy response
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Immediately after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, Yang, a 22-year-old classical music student in Kyiv, called the Chinese embassy in the city to seek help. He tried several times but the line was engaged. “I do...
‘We’re not afraid of Putin’: Ukrainians protest in front of Russian embassy in Kyiv – video
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A day after Vladimir Putin recognised the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent, protesters gathered in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv in a show of defiance against the Russian presiden...