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UK ambassador arrested in Iran amid anti-regime protests in Tehran
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 12 (ANI): British Ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire was temporarily arrested on Saturday evening amid the ongoing anti-regime protests in Tehran in the wake of the Iranian Guards' 'unintentional' downing of a Ukrainian plane last week that killed 176 people on board, the c
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UK ambassador to US resigns after calling Trump administration 'inept'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], July 10 (ANI): The British ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, who criticised President Donald Trump's administration as "diplomatically clumsy and inept," has put down his resignation, the UK's Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
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Trump hits back at UK envoy who called him 'inept', says US won't deal wit
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jul 9 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday said that his administration will "no longer" deal with UK Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch, after a series of diplomatic cables were leaked wherein the envoy had called the American leader as "inept" and "insecure."
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UK ambassador to US describes Trump as 'inept,' 'incompetent' in leaked ca
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 7 (ANI): In a major embarrassment for the United Kingdom, its ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch's secret cables to London were leaked on Saturday, wherein he described US President Donald Trump as "inept," "insecure" and "incompetent."
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Iran summons British envoy over 'illegal seizure' of oil tanker
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 5 (ANI): Iran has summoned British envoy Nicolas Hopton to convey its objections over the "illegal seizure" of an Iranian oil tanker by UK patrol ships in Gibraltar, country's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi said.
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Iran summons UK envoy over 'unacceptable' attack claims on Gulf tankers
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jun 16 (ANI): Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned the UK Ambassador to Tehran, Rob Macaire, over Britain's 'unacceptable stance' on the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier this week.
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UK ambassador to Russia summoned over poisoning of ex-Russian spy
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Mar. 13 (ANI): The United Kingdom Ambassador to Russia, Laurie Bristow, has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, over the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, in the UK last week, the ministry told TASS.
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