foreign affairs

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The foreign affairs select committee has confirmed Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street chief of staff, who resigned over his role in Lord Mandelson's appointment in February, will give evidence on Tuesday next week.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Sheinbaum, citing the need for bilateral cooperation, said that “any relationship with the United States government” — especially issues regarding security — must be channeled through Mexico’s federal government, specifically the ministry of foreign affairs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

He says he speaks regularly with his "friends" the ministers of defence, interior and foreign affairs -- and even claims to have won the good graces of the prime minister's cat.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The survivors were "seriously injured" and had been taken to a hospital in the southern port of Galle, foreign affairs minister Vijitha Herath said.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

“By the end of the meeting,” Haldeman remembered, “Nixon was as angry as his foreign affairs chief. The thought that an alleged weirdo was blatantly challenging the president infuriated him.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin