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French agency says Russian efforts have become more pronounced generally in the run-up to the European elections in June

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) should be scrapped and replaced with a new Department for International Affairs to modernise a "somewhat elitist" institution "rooted in the past", a new report argues.

A new Department for International Affairs with modernised premises and a broader remit is proposed.

Annelle Sheline, who served as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, explains her decision to resign from the Department based on the US…

Yasser Eljuboori was detained in Baghdad while travelling back to Ireland, according to a post on his wife’s X account

Legal grievances against the South African Department of Home Affairs, including contempt of court cases, are depressingly common. Too frequently the minister has to apologise to a court, or to ask for more time, on behalf of the…

Fiji has announced its plan to revamp its Immigration Department in an attempt to attract skilled workers from other nations to address job vacancies within the Pacific island country. Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration, Pio…

The Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Alexis Taylor, visited an apple packer, shipper, and marketer today in Adams County, PA. Under Secretary Taylor toured Rice Fruit…

Man, believed to be from Dublin but who had been living in the US, is the latest Irish citizen to die fighting alongside Ukrainian colleagues

Jeff Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made the US Administration on greater transparency for UK nationals on the reasons for Electronic System…

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Dana Stroul on Wednesday afternoon are slated to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the United…

Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn officially started the working visit to the United Kingdom with a meeting with Second Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Nick Dyer and Permanent…

"The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has been approved by the FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, to receive voluntary contributions under the Foreign Contribution…

Editor’s note: This post has been updated. Though careful planning and common sense are two of the best ways to stay safe when traveling, security situations can rapidly change in foreign countries. That’s why the U.S. State Department’s…

The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee requested the State Department pause a portion of military financing for Egypt over concerns that Cairo has failed to deliver on improving its human rights record. Rep. Gregory Meeks …

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) holds on the confirmations of over 300 military officers’ is “paralyzing” the Department of Defense. “This is paralyzing the…

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul tells CNN's Jake Tapper that Republican Sen. Tuberville's decision to block hundreds of military nominations over the Pentagon's travel policy on abortion is "a national security…