#Diplomatic Tensions

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🇺🇸 Trump Sours on British Leader Over Iran War: ‘What If Donald Shouts at Me?’ — 24/03/2026 [USA]
President Trump once called Prime Minister Keir Starmer a friend. But Mr. Starmer’s decision not to join the attacks on Iran has led to merciless mocking by the president.
Related: #Foreign Policy
🇺🇦 Leak fears grip EU as Hungary maintains 'open line' to Kremlin — 23/03/2026 [Ukraine]
EU diplomats are concerned about Hungary's contacts with the Kremlin following reports that Budapest may have shared information from EU meetings with Moscow. At the same time, they note that Hu...
Related: #EU Security
🇺🇸 Iran contradicts Trump's claims about talks with the U.S. — 23/03/2026 [USA]
Iran's foreign ministry is denying President Trump's claims on Monday that the two countries have had "GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE" talks over the last few days. CBS News' Aaron Navarro and Chris Livesay have...
Related: #International Relations
🇺🇸 Trump: US isn't negotiating with Iran's supreme leader — 23/03/2026 [USA]
President Trump said on Monday that he has not been in contact with Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei during ongoing negotiations with the country. “We’re dealing with a man, who I believe is th...
Related: #US-Iran Relations
🇺🇸 Cuban deputy FM reacts to Trump’s threats to take over Cuba: Full interview — 22/03/2026 [USA]
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío says “our military is always prepared” but “we don't pose any threat to the United States” after...
Related: #Sovereignty Defense
🇺🇸 Saudi Arabia expels Iran military attache, four embassy staff — 21/03/2026 [USA]
Move follows attack on Red Sea port of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's main oil export outlet, after Iran blocked Hormuz Strait.
Related: #Regional Security
🇺🇸 Unease in Japan after Trump cites Pearl Harbor to defend Iran war — 21/03/2026 [USA]
US president's reference to Japan's 1941 attack has shaken Japanese as PM Takaichi's silence gets mixed reaction.
Related: #Historical Memory
🇺🇸 Cuba rejects US embassy's 'shameless' request for diesel — 21/03/2026 [USA]
The Cuban government rejected a request from the U.S. Embassy in Havana to import diesel for its generators, as the island grapples with a fuel shortage due to a blockade imposed by the Trump administ...
Related: #Energy Crisis
🇺🇸 Iranian Sailors, Including Survivors of Torpedoed Ship, Remain in Limbo — 21/03/2026 [USA]
Sri Lanka has kept more than 250 sailors in protective custody since the early days of the war. Iran wants them back, but Sri Lanka is unsure what to do with them.
Related: #Maritime Incident
🇺🇸 Brazil’s president criticises the US for thinking ‘they own the world’ — 20/03/2026 [USA]
President of Brazil Lula de Silva criticised the United States’ aggressive foreign policy under President Trump.
Related: #Sovereignty
🇺🇸 Saudi FM warns Iran that patience in Gulf not ‘unlimited’ amid attacks — 19/03/2026 [USA]
Foreign minister warns Iran that regional neighbours have 'significant' capabilities with which to respond to attacks.
Related: #Regional Security
🇺🇸 Qatar expels Iranian attaches after LNG facility strike — 19/03/2026 [USA]
Qatar is expelling Iran’s military and security attaches after Iranian missiles caused “extensive damage” to Ras Laffan.
Related: #Energy Security
🇺🇸 Iranian foreign minister decries Israeli strikes that killed top officials: 'Something colder' — 18/03/2026 [USA]
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned recent Israeli strikes that killed several Iranian leaders on Wednesday. "What is unfolding before our eyes is not hypocrisy,” the Iranian official w...
Related: #Geopolitical Conflict
🇺🇦 Despite Moscow’s Threats, Poland Rules to Extradite Archaeologist — 18/03/2026 [Ukraine]
Kyiv accuses Alexander Butyagin, a prominent antiquities scholar, of destroying cultural heritage during his excavations in Russia-occupied Crimea. The Kremlin has condemned his arrest.
Related: #Legal Proceedings
🇺🇸 An Unexploded Bomb Near the Colombia-Ecuador Border Leads to a Diplomatic Clash — 18/03/2026 [USA]
The Times photographed an unexploded munition in southern Colombia, near the Ecuadorean border. A high-stakes feud between both countries quickly ensued.
Related: #Border Security
🇺🇸 Pakistan ‘strongly’ rejects claim it struck Kabul hospital — 17/03/2026 [USA]
Pakistan’s Minister for Information “strongly” rejects the claim Pakistan was behind an air strike on a Kabul hospital.
Related: #Regional Security
🇺🇸 Colombia’s Petro accuses Ecuador of bombing near border — 17/03/2026 [USA]
Leaders of Colombia and Ecuador trade allegations after Gustavo Petro says 27 charred bodies found on country's border.
Related: #Border Security
🇬🇧 Colombian president accuses Ecuador after ‘27 charred bodies’ found near border — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
<p>Relations deteriorate as Gustavo Petro claims government of Trump ally Daniel Noboa bombing targets in Colombia</p><p>President Gustavo Petro has accused <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/...
Related: #Border Violence
🇺🇸 New Video Shows US Embassy in Baghdad Targeted by Iran — 17/03/2026 [USA]
New video shows the U.S. embassy in Baghdad being targeted by pro-Iranian militias and swarmed by pro-Iranian protesters attempting to break in. It comes as Israel says it has killed Iran’s security c...
Related: #Regional Security
🇺🇸 Drones intercepted near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad — 17/03/2026 [USA]
Drones intercepted near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad
Related: #Security
🇺🇸 Afghan Taliban says 400 killed in Pakistan air strike on Kabul hospital, Pakistan rejects claim — 17/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Military Conflict
🇺🇸 Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital — 17/03/2026 [USA]
Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital with an airstrike, marking a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month. Pakistan has di...
Related: #Military Conflict
🇬🇧 Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of killing hundreds in hospital strike — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Islamabad denies targeting the rehab centre and said its strikes were aimed at military installations.
Related: #Military Conflict
🇬🇧 Trump 'not happy' with UK response to Iran conflict — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
It comes after Sir Keir Starmer said the UK was working with allies on a plan to protect the Strait of Hormuz.
Related: #International Relations
🇺🇸 Hotel in Iraqi capital Baghdad struck as attacks on US embassy intercepted — 16/03/2026 [USA]
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which took place amid the escalating Israel-US war on Iran.
Related: #Security
🇺🇦 Ukraine, Hungary clash over Druzhba pipeline as Budapest accuses Kyiv of skipping talks — 16/03/2026 [Ukraine]
Ukrainian officials denied that such talks had ever been planned.
Related: #Energy Dispute
🇺🇦 Without a hint of irony, Russia mocks US for 'miscalculating' Iran war — 16/03/2026 [Ukraine]
"If they thought they could subjugate (Iran) in a day or a few hours, they probably realize now just how seriously they miscalculated," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Related: #Geopolitics
🇺🇸 Iran's foreign minister says regime hasn't asked for ceasefire or negotiations, contradicting Trump — 16/03/2026 [USA]
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi contradicted President Trump's claims about Tehran seeking a deal to end the war in the Middle East. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi and Ramy Inocencio report.
Related: #Conflict Denial
🇬🇧 French national jailed for 10 years in Azerbaijan for spying — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Martin Ryan was accused of collecting secret information about Baku's military co-operation with Turkey and Pakistan.
Related: #Espionage
🇺🇸 Trump’s Threat to Delay Summit With Xi Casts New Shadow Over China Relations — 16/03/2026 [USA]
President Trump warned that he could postpone a meeting set to begin in just over two weeks if China refuses to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Related: #Trade Relations