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The U.S. embassy in Kyiv reopened on Wednesday after a three-month closure due to Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. “We are officially reopening operations,” spokesperson ...
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The United States closed its embassy in the capital of Belarus, a neighbor of Ukraine, and all American staff have left the country, officials announced Feb. ...
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The Russian government expelled the second-highest ranking U.S. diplomat from the American Embassy in Moscow, according to the State Department. Bart Gorman, the U.S. deputy chief ...
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The United States is shutting down its Ukraine embassy in Kyiv amid heightened tensions with Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Feb. 14. “We are ...
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NADI, Fiji—The United States will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday as he committed more diplomatic and ...
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MANILA, Philippines—A large fire broke out at the Russian Embassy in the Philippine capital, prompting the evacuation of employees and their families but causing no injuries, ...
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The UK and Australia said they have begun withdrawing some embassy personnel from Ukraine, while Germany offered assistance to staff members’ families and some civilians who ...
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TOKYO—Poland granted a visa Monday to a Belarusian Olympic sprinter who said she feared for her safety and that her team’s officials tried to force her ...
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WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week’s assassination of that country’s president, but sending ...
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Signs show that Beijing is increasingly flexing its muscles in Hong Kong. A Chinese state-run newspaper has called on Hong Kong authorities to outlaw a spiritual practice that’s already ...
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The UK is sending urgent medical equipment to India as the country continues to struggle with a tsunami of new cases. The ex-Post Office chief quits ...
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The ambassador to the UK from Burma (also known as Myanmar) urged the British government not to recognize the junta’s envoy and to send them back ...
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PARIS—France will reopen its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli next Monday to show its support for the North African country’s new authorities, President Emmanuel Macron ...
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Kosovo opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Sunday, joining the United States and Guatemala as the only countries with embassies in the disputed city
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JERUSALEM—Israel on Sunday said it has opened its embassy in the United Arab Emirates, following through on last year’s U.S.-brokered agreement to establish full diplomatic ties ...
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Twitter has locked the official account of the Chinese embassy in the United States, over a tweet that activists say dehumanizes Uyghur women.
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A Tweet from the Chinese embassy sparked controversy. It’s about women from the Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang. The post praises China’s policy regarding the Uyghur ...
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There is a dispute over the Chinese Embassy's move to east London as the first consultation of the project begins.
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The Chinese Embassy in Hungary sent a letter to a member of parliament pressuring her to stop supporting Falun Gong, a persecuted group in China.
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A senior Czech politician who died just days before a planned trip to Taiwan became obviously unwell after being handed threatening letters over the plans.
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A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad.
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A European politician has denounced the recent cancellations of traditional Chinese dance and music performances in Spain that appear to stem from pressure by the Chinese ...
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Dec. 15 that his center-right government was formally recognizing West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital but will not move its embassy there immediately. ...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. and Cuban officials will meet later today in an effort to determine the method and motive behind mystery incidents in Havana that have injured American ...
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ISTANBUL—Shots were fired from a moving car at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey before dawn Monday, an attack that came during heightened tensions between the two ...
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BEIRUT — A British woman who worked at the U.K. embassy in Beirut was found strangled by the side of the road east of the Lebanese ...
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MOSCOW (AP)—Police in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv said on Thursday someone hurled an explosive device onto the grounds of the U.S. embassy. Police said in a ...
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LONDON (AP)—Metropolitan police called out the bomb squad to investigate two vehicles abandoned by the new, as yet unoccupied U.S. embassy on Ponton Road in Vauxhall. ...