Even though Washington announced 18 months ago that its plan to leave Afghanistan, the British Foreign Minister, Dominic Raab, could not explain why he appears to have been taken completely by surprise by the speedy return of the Taliban to power.

Lizz Truss has replaced Dominic Raab as the foreign secretary as part of a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Yemen’s Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf Abdullah has slammed the US and Britain for openly supporting Saudi Arabia in its military aggression against Yemen while urging the Sana’a government defending the country to stop fighting.

The Taliban say a new government will be launched "in a matter of a few days."

The UK foreign secretary denies a report that Britain was indirectly responsible for the mass casualties of a deadly attack at Kabul airport amid evacuation operations last week.

There has been an escalation in the region in recent weeks following an attack on an Israeli-managed tanker off the Omani coast, which Israel and its allies blame on Iran

Tensions have dangerously escalated in the region in the wake of a recent attack targeting an Israeli-managed tanker off the Omani coast.