Diplomatic efforts are under way to get wounded Devon-based photographer Paul Conroy out of Syria, the Foreign Office says.

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After Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigns.

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Australian Labor Leaders Face Off

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague warns Iran has “increasing willingness to contemplate utterly illegal activities in other parts of the world”.

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Hague warns on Iran ‘terrorism’

Iran’s nuclear ambitions could plunge the Middle East into “a new Cold War”, warns UK Foreign Secretary William Hague.

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UK Foreign Secretary William Hague accuses China and Russia of “betraying the Syrian people” by vetoing a UN resolution condemning violence there.

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Australia’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd warns Europe faces an “early grave” if it continues to ignore Asia’s rise.

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Europe ‘at risk of early grave’

The UK will not veto the use of EU-wide institutions by members of a new eurozone pact despite “real legal concerns”, Foreign Secretary William Hague says.

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British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged Iran on Monday to “come to its senses” by resuming negotiations that were suspended a year ago on its nuclear program.

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The UK is launching its strongest diplomatic offensive in Latin America for two centuries, Foreign Secretary William Hague says, on a visit to Brazil.

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The UK is launching its strongest diplomatic offensive in Latin America for two centuries, Foreign Secretary William Hague says, on a visit to Brazil.

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TOKYO — Kim Jong Eun, according to propaganda described in a recent Chinese magazine article , learned to drive at age 3. By 8, he could safely maneuver dirt roads at 75 mph. As a teenager, he mastered four foreign languages. He is now learning three more. The emerging biography of North Korea’s new leader, considered fictitious in nearly every country but his own, portrays him as the ultimate quick study, a poet and a marksman, an economics whiz and a military strategist. Read full article > >

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For Kim Jong Eun, a choreographed rise

TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the U.S. Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held captive by pirates, just days after it had warned all U.S. ships to leave the region. U.S. officials announced Friday that the fishermen had been rescued by a Navy destroyer the day before, more than 40 days after their boat was commandeered by suspected Somali pirates in the northern Arabian Sea. Read full article > >

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AMMAN, Jordan — No breakthroughs emerged Tuesday from the first meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in more than a year, the foreign minister of host Jordan said, adding the two sides agreed to keep talking. Talks have been stalled since late 2010 over the issue of Israeli settlement construction. Read full article > >

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Jordan says no breakthroughs on substance in 1st Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in 15 months

This article, written by Robin Mills, appeared on Foreign Policy on December 23, 2011 Is the United States really upping the pressure on Iran, or just hurting itself?

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Who’s Sanctioning Whom?

HAVANA — An American government subcontractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the state is not among nearly 3,000 prisoners granted amnesty by President Raul Castro on Friday, said a senior Foreign Ministry official. “Alan Gross is not on the list,” Josefina Vidal told The Associated Press, dashing the hopes of Gross’ supporters in the United States, who have been pleading with Cuban authorities to release the 62-year-old Maryland native on humanitarian grounds. Vidal heads the Foreign Ministry’s North American affairs division. Read full article > >

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Cuban official: American Alan Gross is not among the 2,900 prisoners granted amnesty