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Polina Kovalena is the alleged stepdaughter of Sergei Lavrov, and is said to own a London property worth around £4m.

An open letter to the foreign secretary says proposed changes to Britain’s development strategy are shortsighted and dangerous

Exclusive: ‘Huge risks’ attached to visit during Russian invasion, says Foreign Office official

Pen Farthing was able to evacuate 173 cats and dogs from Afghanistan last summer

Boris Johnson previously said it was “complete nonsense” to suggest he had been involved.

Josie Stewart, the Head of Illicit Finance in the FCDO, said she will likely lose her job after stepping forward to contradict Boris Johnson and senior officials over the Nowzad animal charity rescue from Kabul last summer

Her local MP reveals the obstacles put in the way of the six-year campaign to free her

The United Kingdom announced Thursday a change in its travel advice for Egypt. “Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) no longer advises against all but essential travel to the southern part of South Sinai and Faiyum governorates and deems these areas safe for travel,” it said in a statement. Egypt’s…

UK prime minister says he will announce an energy supply strategy soon but adds that UK must go ‘step by step’

‘Chaos’ caused by failure to combine two computer systems after departments merged, sources claim

The FCDO has also warned against all but essential travel to Belarus and the Transnistria region of Moldova