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<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, on the sidelines of a meeting of R-4 foreign ministers and a meeting between the R-4 and European diplomats in Istanbul, the Foreign Office (FO) said.</p> <p>The R-4 group, comprising Pakistan, Egypt, S

<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, on the sidelines of a meeting of R-4 foreign ministers and a meeting between the R-4 and European diplomats in Istanbul, the Foreign Office (FO) said.</p> <p>The R-4 group, comprising Pakistan, Egypt, S

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<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, ahead of a meeting of R-4 foreign ministers and a meeting between the R-4 and European diplomats, the Foreign Office (FO) said.</p> <p>The R-4 group, comprising Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, emerged in March and has been focusing on r

Vienna steps up crackdown on Moscow’s spies after years of leniency that frustrated Kyiv and other European capitals

Austria's foreign ministry said on Friday it was expelling four Vienna-based Russian diplomats over "activities incompatible with their diplomatic status", a term usually used for spying.

<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Istanbul to attend a meeting of R-4 bloc foreign ministers and a meeting between the R-4 bloc and European diplomats on Friday, the Foreign Office (FO) said.</p> <p>The R-4 group, comprising Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, emerged in March and has been focusing on regional security

<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has departed for Istanbul to attend a meeting of R-4 bloc foreign ministers and an R-4+E-3 meeting on Friday, the Foreign Office (FO) said.</p> <p>The R-4 group, comprising Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, emerged in March and has been focusing on regional security and mediation efforts betwee

<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has departed for Istanbul to attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of the R-4 bloc and an R-4+E-3 meeting on Friday, the Foreign Office (FO) said.</p> <p>The R-4 group, which comprises Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye, emerged in March and has been focusing on regional security and mediati

Nearly 500 Canadian diplomatic staff work in the U.S., including at its embassy in Washington and across 12 consulate offices.

Officials compare working in Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine to the Cold War era.

A memo says meetings with other elected officials who aren't candidates in the midterms can happen if necessary, but they should be discussed in advance with senior officials.

The airport is in Dammam, which is near the headquarters of oil giant Saudi Aramco. For weeks, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia has been attacking the kingdom’s aviation and energy sectors.

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The U.S. ordered non-emergency staff out of Saudi Arabia after Houthi strikes on an airport and an oil field, reviving fears of a widening regional conflict.

US State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said that the department ordered the departure of "non-emergency US government employees and their family members in Saudi Arabia only".&nbsp;

The US has ordered non-essential government employees and their families out of Saudi Arabia after a surge in Houthi attacks, including two on Wednesday in which four people were killed. State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott announced the order in a post on X. It covers “non-emergency US government employees and their family members in Saudi Arabia only”,

The US State Department has asked some US diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia because of the threat of Houthi attacks on the Gulf kingdom.

The warning to US officials comes as at least three people die in the latest strikes at an airport and an oil field.

The United States has ordered non-essential US embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom comes under sustained deadly attacks by Yemen's Houthis.

<p>Similar withdrawals from UAE, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain reported as concerns grow about restart of war on Iran after US midterm elections</p><p>The US state department has ordered some diplomats and the families of US government employees to leave Saudi Arabia as the gulf kingdom faces a barrage of near-daily attacks, with at least three people killed at

Efforts to revive talks come as the U.S. sends more warships to the region and Israel plans for possible attacks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is ordering some diplomats and the families of U.S. government employees to leave Saudi Arabia following a series of deadly attacks in the country by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and rising fears of an escalation in hostilities.

The U.S. embassy in Riyadh issued a security alert on Wednesday about possible further attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia

Israeli police arrested 10 suspects Monday in connection with weekend violence in the occupied West Bank, including separate attacks on a U.S. photojournalist and European diplomat...