Russia on Wednesday declared 85 diplomats from France, Spain, and Italy "persona non grata" in a retaliatory move, effectively ordering their expulsion, as the war in Ukraine rages on.

Russia says it is expelling 40 German diplomatic mission staff in response to an earlier move by Berlin ousting Russian diplomats.

The United States has expelled 12 Russian diplomats at the United Nations over accusations of "espionage activities" amid escalating tensions with Moscow following Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.

Tehran says three Iranian diplomats arrive in Saudi Arabia to take up posts at the headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

Talks between US and Russian diplomats begin in Geneva on Monday after a weekslong stand-off over Russian troop deployments near its border with Ukraine, with veteran envoys on each side trying to avert a crisis.

Russia expels two German diplomats in retaliation for a similar move taken by Berlin.

At least 130 incidents of mysterious brain injuries, some of them in past few weeks, have sent shock waves across the US, at a time when it is emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country seeks to expand talks with Egypt to mend their fractured ties and restore their "historic" friendship.

The terrorist takeover of the Iranian embassy in April 1980 and its bloody conclusion continues to negatively impact Anglo-Iranian relations not least because the UK refuses to come clean on the facts.

Moscow expels 20 Czech diplomats after Prague incriminates “Russian spies” in an explosion and orders expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats.