The British and German embassies in Sudan have been attacked as thousands of enraged people across the Middle East and North Africa continue to protes...

A British national was among a group of Europeans caught up in a deadly attack by gunmen in Ethiopia, it emerged today. Five foreign tourists were ...

Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for the oil trade, if the West widens sanctions against the country amid an ongoing r...

The Foreign Office is investigating reports that explosives had been sent to Bahrain from Britain. It was reported from the Gulf k...

Iranian diplomats have begun to leave the UK after a deadline for their departure expired. Foreign Secretary William Hague ordered the closure of I...

British consulates abroad are being inundated with bizarre and exasperating requests for trivial travel tips such as where to get a good Christmas lun...