A political commentator says US president has no strategy when it comes to international diplomacy, the new sanctions against Iran being a case in point.

An analyst says US claim of Iran threat in Iraq is an attempt to justify any possible aggression against the Islamic Republic and that Trump would end up on his own if he wages a war on the country.

Sweden's Foreign Ministry says it regrets Russia's response.

There has been a widening crackdown in the kingdom led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Kabul has lambasted the remarks as “flagrant interference” in the Afghan domestic affairs.

The US has raised the EU’s representation in Washington months after downgrading it.

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has revoked multiple entry visas for European Union diplomats and officials.

Brazil pulls out of a United Nations pact on dealing with rising migration, joining the United States and a growing number of countries in rejecting the agreement.

Venezuela's government has responded to the expulsion of one of its diplomats in Colombia by expelling a Colombian embassy worker in Caracas.

Russia says it has declared a military attaché in the Slovak Embassy in Moscow as “persona non grata” and ordered the diplomat to leave.