Topic: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

A British court ruled Tuesday that the wife of a U.S. intelligence officer was protected by diplomatic immunity when she was involved in a crash last year that killed a 19-year-old motorcyclist.

Coronavirus deaths in Europe have stabilized and case spikes, the result of vacationers traveling elsewhere, are substantially lower than the pandemic situation in Latin America, the United States and India.

Palmerston, the British Foreign Office's famous feline "Chief Mouser," announced he is retiring to "spend more time relaxing away from the limelight."

The British government on Friday ended COVID-19 quarantine rules for travelers from more than 70 countries, but the United States, China and Russia remain on the restricted list.

Humanists and other non-religious people are targets of discrimination and persecution in eight countries, a Humanists International report published Thursday said.

The Chinese National Health Commission reported 65 new deaths from the coronavirus on Tuesday, raising the death toll in China to 490.

China's latest claim a British consulate officer is being detained in the mainland for "soliciting prostitutes" is being met with demands for more information.

British Airways and Lufthansa said Saturday ithey suspended flights to Cairo as a security precaution.

With a British warning for Nigeria in place, there are concerns that militancy in the oil-rich Niger Delta could upend the political climate, a researcher said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's announcement that he will suspend nuclear testing starting on Saturday has been met with mixed reaction.