The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), commonly called the Foreign Office, or British Foreign Office, is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for protecting and promoting British interests worldwide and was created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.
Britain will spend up to 75 million pounds to get stranded passengers home, foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Monday, adding that airlines like British Airways, easyJet and Virgin would help and..
Former immigration minister Caroline Nokes has challenged foreign secretary Dominic Raab on the efforts being made by the Foreign Office to repatriate Britons stranded abroad because of Covid-19. It..
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has updated the Foreign Affairs Select Committee on the Foreign Office's plan to repatriate British citizens abroad amid the Covid-19 outbreak following advice for..
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gives a sense of the scale of the challenge ahead for the Foreign Office in helping Britons abroad during the Covid-19 pandemic. He advises Britons abroad to "think very..
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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said ānow is not the time for finger-pointingā after Labourās Emily Thornberry attacked US president Donald Trumpās response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The..
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The Foreign Office has advised against āall but essential travelā to the US after President Trump introduced a travel ban on the UK over the coronavirus pandemic. British nationals with journeys..
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson responds to a question about the UK's preparedness for the coronavirus following reports of two new cases in the country. Johnson says that NHS is an excellent organisation..
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Stephen Abel, the son of a British couple quarantined on a cruise ship amidst coronavirus fears, says communication from the Foreign Office has been "non-existent".
David and Sally Abel have..
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is āworking to organiseā a flight back to the UK for British nationals on board a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan due to coronavirus fears...
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Cate Blanchett, Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson turn out for the Roksanda catwalk show at London Fashion Week. It was held in the grand surroundings of the Durbar Court at the Foreign Office.
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A plane carrying British citizens evacuated from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan has landed in Oxfordshire. The flight, with more than 200 people on board, including some foreign nationals, arrived..
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Kamal Foroughi, an 80-year-old man with dual Iranian-British nationality, has returned to Britain nine years after being arrested in Iran on spying charges, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.. Reuters - Published
Britain's Foreign Office on Monday advised https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/italy Britons against all but essential travel to Italy after Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the whole.. Reuters - Published
Alarm raised after leaked memo reveals department for international department staff have been told to report to Dominic Raab's department Independent - Published
Dependants and some staff are being evacuated from the British embassy in Tehran as of March 1 due to coronavirus but essential staff will remain, Britain's Foreign Office said on Sunday as part of a.. Reuters - Published
A repatriation flight carrying 32 British and European passengers evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship has taken off from Japan, the Foreign Office has said. Independent - Published
Britain's Foreign Office on Friday said the evacuation flight for its nationals on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship has taken off from Japan, following the coronavirus outbreak. Reuters - Published
Britain's Foreign Office said on Wednesday it is working to organize a flight to Japan to evacuate its nationals from a cruise ship hit by the coronavirus. Reuters - Published
Britain's Foreign Office said late on Tuesday that it will charter another civilian aircraft to help British nationals and their dependents leave China's Wuhan for the UK on Sunday amidst the spread of.. Reuters - Published
The Foreign Office has advised all British nationals to leave China due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed more than 420 people. Independent - Published
Britain's Foreign Office confirmed on Saturday that the country's ambassador in Tehran was briefly detained by Iranian authorities, denouncing the arrest as a "flagrant violation of international law". Reuters - Published
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab travels to Brussels on Tuesday to discuss with France and Germany the crisis sparked by the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, the British.. Reuters - Published
Britain's Foreign Office said on Monday it was concerned about the escalation of violence between protesters and police in Hong Kong and urged both sides to find a way forward. Reuters - Published
Britain's Prince William will visit Kuwait and Oman in December at the request of the Foreign Office, Kensington Palace said in a statement on Tuesday. Reuters - Published
Anne Sacoolas, who left UK after involvement in collision which left the teenager dead, is 'fugitive from this country' who 'is on the run', says family spokesperson Independent - Published
Britain's Foreign Office continues to "urgently seek further information" about an employee of its Hong Kong consulate who was detained in China, it said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
Britain summoned the Iranian Charge d'Affaires in London after Friday's seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the British Foreign Office said on Saturday. Reuters - Published
Britain's new ambassador to the United States must be the best person for the long term interests of the relationship between the two countries, junior Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan said on.. Reuters - Published
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