The Foreign Office has published details of weird requests made to British consular staff abroad in the last six months – including a request for the Prince of Wales’ shoe size.

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Weird consular requests revealed

A British couple who were kidnapped by Somali pirates and held for more than a year criticise efforts by the Foreign Office to secure their release.

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Chandlers criticise rescue effort

Former SAS soldier John McAleese, who led the raid that ended the 1980 siege at Iran’s London embassy, has died, the Foreign Office says.

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SAS embassy raid commander dies

Foreign Office urges Britons to leave Yemen as fighting escalates between government troops and tribal forces.

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VIDEO: Britons urged to leave Yemen

Documents revealing the torture of Mau Mau Kenyans directed by the British authorities were a “sort of guilty secret,” within the Foreign Office, a report says.

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Kenya files were ‘guilty secret’

Britain is temporarily withdrawing part of its embassy team from Yemen due to ongoing violence in the country, the Foreign Office says.

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UK embassy team pull out of Yemen

The UK Foreign Office urges Britons to leave Bahrain on Thursday using commercial flights, as protests and violence continue in the Gulf state.

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Leave Bahrain now, Britons urged

The Foreign Office warns Britons against all travel to the Gulf state of Bahrain after clashes between police and protesters intensified.

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Britons warned to avoid Bahrain

Japan asks for help from the UK in the aid effort following the massive earthquake, says a Foreign Office spokesman.

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UK asked to help with quake aid

A British diplomatic team detained by Libyan rebels in Benghazi have been freed and have left the country, the Foreign Office has said.

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VIDEO: UK team released by Libyan rebels

The Foreign Office is warning Britons against all travel to Yemen because of increasingly violent anti-government protests there.

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UK warns against travel to Yemen

The recent uprisings in North Africa risk stalling peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Foreign Office Minister Lord Howell of Guildford has told peers.

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VIDEO: Africa unrest ‘risks stalling’ Mid-East peace talks

Reports that a father-of-seven from Manchester has been killed in Libya are being investigated by the Foreign Office, a spokesman says.

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British father ‘killed in Libya’

At least four Britons are now understood to have died in the earthquake which struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch, the Foreign Office says.

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‘Four Britons’ killed in NZ quake

Pat and Andy Aseehusen, who were stranded in Libya, have confronted Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt.

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AUDIO: Stranded couple confront minister