Argentina has filed criminal charges against British oil firms exploring in waters near the Falkland Islands in a fresh diplomatic row over the territory, the Argentinian foreign ministry said last night.

Families of Britons trekking in Nepal have expressed concern at not being able to contact them following horrific blizzards and avalanches which led to at least 29 deaths earlier this week.

A human rights group has said two British staff have been “kidnapped” in Qatar while researching the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation.

Chelsea have confirmed that there were two incidents involving supporters in Istanbul on yesterday evening, with police warning it is “not safe” for fans to use the Metro to and from the Champions League last-16 clash with Galatasaray.

Three British nationals have died and three more are feared dead following the Algerian hostage crisis, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said today.

An Irish man held hostage in Algeria is expected to be reunited with his family today.

Security forces in Algeria have surrounded Islamist fighters who killed two people and have taken 41 foreign hostages, including one Irishman.

A British man and his seven-year-old son have drowned in the sea off Majorca in Spain.

One British man is dead and another missing after reportedly being attacked by crocodiles on a river trip in India.

Two British journalists held by a Libyan militia after they were accused of spying have been transferred to the custody of the government, the UK Foreign Office said.

The driver of a coach carrying schoolchildren home from a ski trip which crashed in northern France killing a teacher is being investigated over an allegation of involuntary homicide, French prosecutors said.

A young couple have been shot dead in Pakistan in a suspected honour killing.

A video showing a kidnapped Briton and an Italian being held by armed men apparently from an al-Qaida group, is being investigated by the UK Foreign Office.

An invitation to the royal wedding for the Syrian ambassador to Britain has been withdrawn, the UK Foreign Office announced today.

Eight foreign citizens, including two Britons, were among the 35 people killed in a suicide bombing at Moscow’s busiest airport, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said today.

The British Ambassador to Yemen escaped unharmed after an explosion near his car today, the UK Foreign Office confirmed.

Negotiations are continuing to release the body of the fifth British hostage seized in Iraq as the UK Foreign Office scotched claims he may still be alive.

Secret talks between American negotiators and Peter Moore’s captors were being held without the British Government’s knowledge, the father of the freed British hostage claimed today.

A British man sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling received a fair trial, officials said today.

Five sailors including an Irish journalist who were detained after apparently straying into Iranian waters have been released, it was reported today.

A Bahrain-based radio presenter believed to be from Malahide is among five sailors being held captive in Iran after their yacht was stopped by the Iranian navy as it sailed from Bahrain to Dubai.

Five British sailors were being detained in Iran today after their racing yacht was stopped by the Iranian navy, the Foreign Office said.

A British father on a road-trip through the United States was shot dead after stopping in Amarillo because he loved the cult song, relatives revealed tonight.

Hostage negotiators will not meet Somali pirates’ £4.2m (€4.7m) ransom demand for the safe return of Paul and Rachel Chandler, it appeared today.

The families of a missing British couple feared to have been hijacked by pirates faced an anxious wait for news today.

One of the last two British embassy workers being held in Iran has been released, it was confirmed today.

A1GP has been forced to cancel the final round of the season in Mexico due to the recent outbreak of swine flu.

Disgraced singer Gary Glitter tonight left Bangkok and is on a flight bound for London, the British Foreign Office said.

A lawyer representing British residents who are reportedly set to be released from Guantanamo Bay said today they would be cleared in any fair trial.

The Beatles were mobbed by British diplomats during a visit to the country's embassy in Washington D.C. in 1964, according to newly-released government files.

A three-year-old British girl has been reported missing in Portugal’s Algarve region, news reports said today.

Britain was today facing a new diplomatic crisis with Iran after 15 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines were seized at gunpoint by Iranian warships off Iraq.

Ten British people were injured, one of them seriously, in a bomb blast on a bus at a popular Turkish holiday resort.

Three men are due to go on trial in Iraq today charged in connection with the murder of aid worker Margaret Hassan.

Two Irish tourists have been killed in a suicide bomb blast aboard a minibus in Turkey, according to the AP newswire.

Gibraltar was today given an effective veto over changes to its constitutional status, with the creation of a forum in which it will have an equal voice with Britain and Spain.

There was reportedly a glimmer of hope for the distraught family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley when Iraq’s justice minister pledged to release one of the two Iraqi women in custody - a partial concession to the kidnappers’ demands.

Iraqi kidnappers tonight beheaded an American on video – but said two more Western hostages, including British man Kenneth Bigley, would have the deadline for their executions delayed by 24 hours.

The BBC is to launch an Arabic news TV channel in competition with al-Jazeera, it was announced today.

Iran tonight ratcheted up the pressure in the growing diplomatic crisis over the detention of eight Royal Navy sailors, parading them blindfolded on state-run television.

No extra special security measures are to be in place for Formula One’s first visit to the Middle East.

Celtic fans who have not yet booked to travel to Seville should watch the Uefa Cup final at home, the Foreign Office said today.

Four people died when a light aircraft crashed in Portugal, UK diplomatic sources said today.

More than six British Muslims suspected of fighting for the al-Qaida terrorist network or the Taliban are to be sent to the United States military prison in Cuba, according to a report.