The British Council projects itself as the "soft" power arm of British diplomacy, but the reality is that it is often mired in "hard" scandals around the world.

The conviction in Iran of a British Council employee on spying charges has shone a spotlight on this vast organisation.

The US State Department report says 2017 hiring freeze badly damaged the agency.

Jamaica joins a long list of nations seeking to repatriate items taken by the UK during its colonial days of ‘glory’.

Iran has reacted strongly to the British seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar, an undisputed part of Spain, which the British claim sovereignty over. The Iranian foreign ministry condemned the boarding and seizure of the tanker, Grace 1, in the Gibraltar Strait by British Royal Marines commandos, as a “form of piracy”.

In yet another indication that the British government is pushing to increase tensions in the Persian Gulf region, UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has indicated that Britain would be ready to join the United States in attacking Iran.

UK’s Foreign Office is now in crisis mode over an escalation of tensions between Iran and the US.

Former UK top diplomat Johnson finally leaves foreign office mansion amid public outcry.

US President Donald Trump is in pursuit of an Israel first policy, not America First.

A British diplomat insists a military response to North Korea would be "the worst possible option."