BAGHDAD—Protesters angered by an Iraqi man in Sweden who threatened to burn a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, overrunning the diplomatic compound and starting a fire. Hours later, Iraq’s prime minister cut diplomatic ties with Sweden in protest over the desecration of the Islamic holy book. Protesters occupied…

A last-ditch effort to stop the Australian government from revoking Russia’s rights to a new embassy has been quashed after the country’s High Court dismissed a legal challenge. High Court of Australia Justice Jayne Jagot said on Monday that the Russian government’s arguments for holding onto the site were weak, and there was no legal…

RIYADH -Iran officially reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said, following a deal to re-establish ties and ease a long rivalry that fuelled conflicts across the Middle East. A ceremony was held inside the embassy’s compound with dozens of diplomats and officials attending the reopening of the diplomatic mission for…

The Pentagon said it is repositioning troops in the region of Sudan ahead of a possible evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum as fighting between rival Sudanese factions intensifies and as the U.S. State Department confirmed the death of one American citizen. “We can confirm the death of one U.S. citizen in Sudan,” a…

MOSCOW—Finland’s embassy in Moscow said it received an envelope containing white powder and has turned it and two other sealed envelopes to authorities for investigation, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Maria Zakharova said on the ministry’s website that the embassy reported three identical envelopes addressed to the Finnish military attache were…

The U.S. Embassy in Belgium issued a warning this week of a possible terrorist attack targeting public areas in the country this week. “Terrorist groups continue plotting possible attacks in Belgium. Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets/shopping malls, local government facilities, hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship,…

ISLAMABAD—Two senior regional members of the ISIS terrorist group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks in separate operations by the Taliban security forces, a Taliban spokesman said Tuesday. Taliban forces killed Qari Fateh, the regional ISIS intelligence and operations chief, during a raid in Kabul over the weekend, Zabihullah Mujahid, the main spokesman…

The U.S. Embassy in Sweden issued a warning to Americans in the country of possible attacks in response to an incident where a politician and activist burned a copy of the Koran. There could be “possible retaliatory attacks by terrorists in the wake of recent [Koran] burning incidents in Europe,” U.S. Embassy said in an…

WASHINGTON—The United States has opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands after a 30-year absence as it seeks to boost diplomatic relations in the Pacific as a counter to China. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced plans to open a diplomatic mission in the Pacific island nation during a visit to the region last year….

BAKU—A gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people at Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran on Friday, in an attack Baku branded an “act of terrorism” that it said was the result of Tehran failing to heed its calls for improved security. Police in Tehran said they had arrested a suspect and Iranian…