British Prime Minister David Cameron today strongly condemned the attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo and called for full protection of diplomatic property and personnel.

France has summoned Syria’s ambassador to complain about the burning of French flags and stone throwing at its missions.

A diplomat at the Russian Embassy in Dublin has been fired and asked to leave the country after an investigation revealed Russian involvement in the forgery of Irish passports.

A pro-Kremlin youth group today said it would end a blockade of the Estonian Embassy in Moscow, where activists have been protesting for days over the relocation of a statue of a Soviet soldier in the Estonian capital.

Zimbabwe Foreign Minister Simearashe Mbengegwi today summoned Western diplomats and read them a terse statement that said Zimbabwe would not hesitate to expel them from the country if they gave financial or diplomatic support to government opponents.

MEXICO yesterday called for urgent stays of execution for 51 Mexicans on US death row as it opened a World Court case arguing the United States had violated their “life or death” rights to consular help.

An Oklahoma state appeals court has ordered an indefinite halt to the execution of a Mexican national whose case drew appeals from Mexican President Vicente Fox.