In Laos, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) urges travellers to be “wary” due to the “risk of harassment when travelling alone”. The FCDO recommends holidaymakers to ...

"We are in close contact with US and Ukraine following the conclusion of talks in Riyadh today. "President Zelenskyy has already shown Ukraine is the party of peace by proposing a full, immediate and ...

Starting this job I said the FCDO would be the international delivery arm of this Government's missions, the first of which is kickstarting economic growth. This department must play its important ...

Tributes are pouring in following the passing of Ashwin Trikamjee. Trikamjee was the President of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha and Board Director at the 1860 Heritage Centre. "Mr Trikamjee ...

The FCDO has told travellers visiting Peru that the country’s army and police are working together and are permitting the restriction of some constitutional rights. “For example, the police ...

Lula is expected to invite Vietnam to attend a BRICS summit in Brazil in July, a Brazilian official said, noting Vietnam was invited last year to become a BRICS partner but has so far not taken an ...

ABUJA: UNESCO, Nigeria, and Ghana have launched a £1.9 million FCDO grant to support sustainable development in West Africa. The delivery mechanism grant called Sankore Project, launched in Abuja ...

Andrew Tolman, head of travel insurance, Allianz Partners UK & Ireland, urges brokers to "promptly inform" policyholders of the risk of travelling to countries on the FCDO's banned list ...

But more alarming to India – as well as other members of the Brics economic alliance – was Trump’s declaration of a full-scale dispute with Brics over its efforts to reduce its reliance on ...

Financial projections for 2025 indicate the following e-commerce market values within African BRICS nations: Ethiopia, $553.98 million; Egypt, $7.96 billion; and South Africa, $7.32 billion.

In recent years, BRICS, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has emerged as a powerful economic bloc challenging Western dominance in global affairs. With its growing influence ...

New advice on the much-delayed EU Entry-Exit System (EES) has been issued by the FCDO following the latest revised launch date. The EES is now expected to start in October 2025, having originally been ...