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Xiomara Castro’s trip – at President Xi Jinping’s invitation – marks another step in the new relationship, after her nation ditched ties with Taiwan in favour of Beijing. Source link

The French government has urged the Lebanese authorities to lift Rami Adwan’s diplomatic immunity and allow him to go on trial. The Lebanese foreign ministry said it will ‘send an investigation committee’ to Paris. Source link

Evacuations are expected for many other nations, including, Britain, France and China which were planning to airlift their nationals out of Khartoum using military planes. Source link

Beijing’s embassy in the North African country says it is monitoring violence and deciding whether to evacuate, while Chinese residents of Khartoum report lack of supplies and attacks near university campus. Source link

Former IT manager Nayot Thamsongsana pleaded guilty to two counts of committing an indecent act, under the kingdom’s sexual and public nuisance laws. Source link

David Smith, who collected a range of highly sensitive information with the intention of supplying it to Russia, was paid for ‘treachery’, the judge said, which cost British taxpayers nearly US$1million after the embassy had to overhaul procedures and security in the aftermath. Source link

The US had closed its old embassy in 1993, but is now seeking to boost its diplomatic presence in the Pacific amid Beijing’s push into the region. Source link

Consulates and embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy as well as Naples, Italy; Krakow, Poland and the Czech city of Brno were targeted after a package with an explosive device injured an employee at the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid on Wednesday. Source link

Five explosive devices have been sent by post around the country over the past few days, including one dispatched to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, which was disposed of by the bomb squad. Source link

Russia’s state news agency and Afghan police said there has been an explosion outside the Russian embassy in Afghanistan’s capital city. Source link