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Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a joint news conference by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow, Russia February 18, 2022. Sputnik/Sergey Guneev/Kremlin via REUTERS Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that attemptsRead More →
Russia says the move is in retaliation for Denmark’s expulsion of 15 Russian envoys as well as its support for Ukraine. Russia declared seven members of the Danish embassy persona non grata, giving them two weeks to leave the country. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it had summonedRead More →
PRAGUE — Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, an exiled democratic opposition leader in Belarus, says her country’s fate is tied to the outcome of Russia’s war against Ukraine. “We understand our responsibility in the context of the war in Ukraine,” Tsikhanouskaya told RFE/RL in an interview at its headquarters in Prague on MayRead More →
US Embassy staff in Nepal assaulted while preventing re-abduction to India of eight-year-old American girl who reached Nepal safely (Washington, DC) – After five years of orders from the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois demanding the return of abducted American child Meher Goel to his father and sole legalRead More →
Following the high-level visit to Ukraine by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, U.S. Embassy staff began traveling to Ukraine to re-establish the U.S. Embassy there. Watch Price’s remarks in the player above. “We are accelerating preparations to resume embassy operations as soon as possible,”Read More →
The Representative of Muslim Organizations and the Office of the National Chief Imam held an iftar (breaking the fast) with two officials from the US Embassy in Accra last Thursday, as part of efforts to foster relations cordial with both. The meeting, held at the Kanda National Mosque, Accra, wasRead More →
“Our salary is not enough to live on,” say staff at the Spanish Embassy in the UK after a month-long strikeCredit: Twitter @PlexReinoUnido Employees of the Spanish Embassy in the UK have been on strike for more than a month due to the rising cost of living. Staff at theRead More →
The annual Congressional football game is set to return next week after a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The eighth annual football game will take place this year, while it will be held for the first time since 2019. The game will take place on April 27 andRead More →
Mr. TUTTLE: Good afternoon, everyone. What a fantastic participation from Mission Panama. Really delighted. Give yourself a round of applause. (Applause.) Now I know that since President Biden was sworn in there has been a lot of noise in this embassy about the Secretary of State’s visit, and it isRead More →
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A man cycles past a residential building, which was heavily damaged during the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine on April 18.ALEXANDRE ERMOCHENKO/Reuters Michael Bociurkiw is a senior researcher at the Atlantic Council and former spokesperson for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. TheRead More →
A spokesperson for the US Embassy said on Tuesday that the United States had ordered all essential staff at its consulate in Shanghai to leave the Chinese city amid the Kovit-19 explosion and the harsh sentence of imprisonment imposed by the authorities. “The Department of State has ordered the evacuationRead More →
BELGRADE, April 11 (Reuters) – Croatia on Monday asked 24 Russian embassy staff to leave following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and “brutal aggression”, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. in a press release, following similar measures taken by other EU countries. The 24 included 18 diplomats, he added. The ministry saidRead More →
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Croatia on Monday asked 24 Russian embassy staff to leave following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and “brutal aggression”, the foreign ministry said in a statement. communicated, following similar measures taken by other EU countries. The 24 included 18 diplomats, he added. The ministry said the Russian ambassadorRead More →
Delhi police said on Saturday they arrested two people for allegedly stealing a 54-year-old adviser working at the Italian embassy from her purse over the Barapullah flyover as she traveled from her office in Chanakyapuri to his home in Noida by autorickshaw on March 30. The woman filed her theftRead More →
Star digital report Wed Apr 6 2022 1:39 AM Last updated on: Wed Apr 6 2022 2:20 AM Photo: Twitter/US Embassy Dhaka “> Photo: Twitter/US Embassy Dhaka The U.S. Embassy Dhaka community yesterday joined all Bangladeshis in expressing their concern over the harassment this week of a teacher for wearingRead More →
NNA | Update: 02 April 2022 17:30 STI Islamabad [Pakistan]Apr 2 (ANI): Pakistan is struggling to pay even its embassy staff, revealing the difficult economic situation the country finds itself in, a news outlet has reported.In a major embarrassment for the country, the Pakistani Embassy in Serbia, via its officialRead More →
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Employees of the US Embassy in Ukraine claimed the Biden administration was leaving them behind by not helping them escape, and although the State Department confirmed they were providing financial assistance , they didn’t say they were actively helping anyone on theRead More →
PRAGUE, March 30 (Reuters) – Slovakia has ordered the Russian embassy to reduce its staff by 35 people, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, citing the unacceptable activities of another Russian diplomat. The purpose of the decision was “to fix a maximum number of diplomatic and service passport holdersRead More →
Tensions between the West and Russia have continued to rise amid the Ukraine crisis, and reports of espionage on both sides have emerged. Slovakia, which is both a member of NATO and the European Union, has decided to expel three Russian diplomats from their embassy in Bratislava, because they haveRead More →
The Biden administration’s top European envoy urged eligible local staff who worked for the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to apply as soon as possible for special visas that would allow them to settle permanently in the United States. A copy of the letter, written by Assistant Secretary of State KarenRead More →
PRAGUE, March 14 (Reuters) – Slovakia has decided to expel three Russian embassy staff on the basis of intelligence information and they must leave the country within 72 hours, the ministry said on Monday. Foreign Affairs. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (…) at the same time strongly urges the EmbassyRead More →
The Ukrainian military launched a counteroffensive near the Russian-held eastern town of Izyum, as kyiv said Kremlin forces were withdrawing from areas near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, in what appears to be the latest setback in Moscow’s military offensive. The Ukrainian General Staff said on May 14 that Russian forcesRead More →
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Slovakia has decided to expel three Russian embassy staff on the basis of intelligence information and they must leave the country within 72 hours, the foreign ministry said on Monday. . “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (…) at the same time strongly urges the Embassy of theRead More →
Turkey has started evacuating its embassy staff from the Ukrainian capital kyiv and is relocating them to Chernivtsi near the Romanian border. An official said Turkey was “evacuating embassy staff [from Kyiv] For safety reasons’ [source: Getty] Turkey has started evacuating staff from its embassy in Kyiv as Russian troopsRead More →
Oluwasegun Babalola with agency report Posted March 11, 2022 Turkey has started evacuating staff from its embassy in Kyiv as Russian troops closed in on the Ukrainian capital, an official told AFP on Friday. The advance of Russian forces continued on Friday against the capital Kiev, which risks being completelyRead More →
The Western Cape government says it cannot and will not remain silent in the face of an international crisis. Russian embassy staff and consulate officials have been banned from events and meetings organized by the provincial government Prime Minister Alan Winde says his cabinet has taken a clear stance onRead More →
Calling the trauma of Ukrainian refugees ‘Afghanistan part 2’, British diplomats on Tuesday derided the UK’s immigration policies and the long and cumbersome visa process for Ukrainians fleeing wartime atrocities that Russian forces have inflicted in their country of origin. Staff at the British Embassy in Kyiv have been blatantlyRead More →
All staff at the Japanese embassy in Ukraine will temporarily leave the country, the government announced on Monday, citing security concerns as the Russian invasion intensifies. Officials who originally worked in Kyiv will depart from Japan’s liaison office in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, according to the Foreign Ministry.Read More →
The US embassy in Moscow has been reduced and the diplomatic service in Minsk completely suspended, the State Department announced on Monday. A notice attributed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he “authorized the voluntary departure … of non-emergency employees and family members” from the embassy in the RussianRead More →
(February 27, 2022 / JNS) Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announcement on Saturday that he had instructed Ambassador-designate to Poland Yacov Livne to leave for Warsaw earlier than planned. “I made the decision…in order to improve assistance to Israeli citizens crossing the Ukraine-Poland borderRead More →
Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announcement on Saturday that he had instructed Ambassador-designate to Poland Yacov Livne to leave for Warsaw earlier than planned. “I made the decision…in order to improve assistance to Israeli citizens crossing the Ukraine-Poland border and in view of theRead More →
Some Hungarian Embassy staff and their family members, as well as Hungarian journalists and civilians, have been safely evacuated from Kyiv, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in a video message posted on Facebook Saturday night. Speaking from New York, where he met with United Nations officials, Szijjártó noted that aRead More →
Analysts hail efforts of Pakistani embassy staff to safely evacuate Pakistanis from Ukraine Najam-us-Saqib (former ambassador): There are about three thousand Pakistani students enrolled in different universities across Ukraine. The recent escalation of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia has deteriorated the situation of public order in the Slavic nation.Read More →
Ukrainian staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, who expressed frustration with the lack of support they received from the State Department, were told that their security concerns and demands immigration assistance were taken into account. Kristina Kvien, the top U.S. diplomat assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, sentRead More →
WASHINGTON — Nearly 400 State Department personnel have urged Department leadership to do more to help locally hired Ukrainian embassy staff who were left behind when Russian troops invaded. In an emailed letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Service officers and other staff criticized what they described asRead More →
Russia’s announcement that the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk were considered by Vladimir Putin as independent states has no validity under international law, said Marise Payne. The Russian president used a live televised broadcast of an extraordinary meeting of the National Security Council to reveal that his administrationRead More →
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it would evacuate its embassy staff from Ukraine as soon as possible, citing “repeated attacks” by Ukrainians since 2014. The big picture: The evacuation comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his clearest indication yet that Russian troops will launch an invasion further into Ukraine,Read More →
Australian embassy staff and officials have been ordered to leave Ukraine, according to a statement from Foreign Minister Marise Payne. The country’s embassy and operations in the Ukrainian city of Lviv are temporarily closed, the minister said. Staff have been sent to Romania and eastern Poland to help Australians tryingRead More →
Secretary of State Antoine BlinkenAntony BlinkenUS moves Ukrainian embassy staff to Poland Putin escalates tension with moves in eastern Ukraine announced on Monday that the State Department would transfer its embassy operations to Poland from Ukraine in connection with a possible invasion by Russia. “For security reasons, State Department personnelRead More →
The United States Embassy in Kyiv. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images All remaining US State Department personnel in Ukraine were evacuated to Poland on Monday, Bloomberg reports, in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dispatch of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. President Biden has warned for weeksRead More →
The embassy in Kyiv has asked all Indian nationals whose stay is not deemed essential and all students to leave Ukraine temporarily in view of “high levels of tension and uncertainty”. A Ukrainian serviceman walks near the frontline village of Krymske in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. PA TheRead More →
China is holding on tight to one thing and the last warning of Russia’s invasion could be when China gives in to it. Troop ships were put to sea. Artillery took up positions on the borders. Tanks and trucks flock to the highways. But the final warning of the RussianRead More →
Kyodo News Beijing, China ● Tue 15 February 2022 2022-02-15 11:35 6 22dc95a23fb944820adae5904f27fdcd 2 Europe China, Ukraine, United States, embassy, evacuation Free China said on Monday it was not considering ordering the evacuation of its embassy staff and citizens in Ukraine, despite growing tensions over a possible Russian invasion followingRead More →
Other countries joined the list of countries evacuating embassy staff and urging their citizens to leave Ukraine on Sunday, February 13, as Washington and its allies warned that the Russian army, which has 100,000 troops massed near Ukraine, could invade at any time. Moscow called the warnings “hysteria”. Israel saidRead More →
Ukrainian civilians are trained to use weapons as fears of a Russian invasion grow. Keystone / Alexander Chekmenyov The Swiss embassy in Kyiv will remain open despite threats of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, but relatives of embassy staff have been ordered to return home. This content was published onRead More →
A letter urging the Myanmar ambassador and staff to stop working for the military regime and support the people of Myanmar was delivered to the Myanmar Embassy in New Delhi on February 12, according to Myanmar citizens attending the activities. of the group “India 4 Myanmar”. . “It is saidRead More →
Japan’s embassy in Kyiv said on Sunday that most of its staff would leave Ukraine as tensions quickly mounted over a possible Russian invasion following Moscow’s military buildup near the border. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at his office in Tokyo on February 14, 2022. (Kyodo) Japanese nationals inRead More →
Australia has ordered staff out of its embassy in the Ukrainian capital and suspended operations as the security situation at the Russian border deteriorates. Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Sunday that operations would move from Kyiv to Lviv, near the country’s border with Poland. “We continue to advise AustraliansRead More →
Amid growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, with Moscow deploying huge military forces along its eastern border, Japan decided to evacuate almost all of its embassy staff from Ukraine. The Japanese government took this decision following the growing tension between Kyiv and Moscow, calling it a threat to people residingRead More →
The Romanian Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday February 12 that it had raised the alert level for Ukraine and withdrawn non-essential diplomatic personnel “in the context of the latest security developments in the vicinity of Ukraine. and the Black Sea region,” Digi24 reported. Romanian citizens are strongly advised against travelingRead More →
WASHINGTON, February 13. /TASS/. A core team of US embassy staff will remain in Ukraine despite the evacuation of the majority of its staff, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday at a news conference in Honolulu. “Yesterday we ordered the departure of most Americans still at the USRead More →
US officials warn that Russia could attack Ukraine in the coming days, although they say there is still a chance of preventing an invasion. In addition, inflation is at a 40-year high. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: As we speak, President Biden is on the phone with President Vladimir Putin in anotherRead More →
The German Foreign Office announcement On Saturday, they would cut embassy staff in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, amid growing fears of a Russian invasion. “We will keep our embassy in #Kiew open but reduce our diplomatic staff. Our Consulate General in Donetsk, based in Dnipro since 2014, is temporarily movingRead More →
Washington has said it will not send US troops to Ukraine in the event of a Russian attack. (File) Washington: The United States is withdrawing almost all of its remaining troops from Ukraine, the Pentagon announced on Saturday, as tensions soar over a possible Russian invasion of the Eastern EuropeanRead More →
The United States is set to evacuate its embassy in Kiev as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent. US officials said the State Department plans to announce early Saturday that all US embassy staff in Kiev will have to leave the country aheadRead More →
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is evacuating nearly all staff from its embassy in kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent. A senior State Department official said Saturday that a very limited number of employees will remain to keep communications openRead More →
MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. Russia will likely advise non-essential staff at its diplomatic missions in Ukraine to leave the country amid actions by Anglo-Saxon colleagues, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference on Thursday after of talks with UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs LizRead More →
A former member of staff at the Australian Embassy in Bangkok has been charged by Thai police after spy cameras were discovered in a women’s toilet inside the secure government building. Key points: Royal Thai Police arrested a former embassy staff member last month The cameras were uncovered after anRead More →
Growing concern over tensions between Russia and Ukraine has prompted many countries to order their foreign service representatives to evacuate the region. Russian President Vladimir Putin insists he has no intention of invading the former Soviet state, according to a report by Reuters. However, the growing military presence in BelarusRead More →
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) At this time, Spain has no plans to evacuate its embassy staff and their family members from Kyiv. Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares Bueno said this during a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, reports Ukrinform with reference toRead More →
At this time, Spain has no plans to evacuate its embassy staff and their family members from Kyiv. Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares Bueno said this during a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, reports Ukrinform with reference to the pressRead More →
As large-scale Russian military exercises are set to begin in Belarus, the United States has ordered the departure of family members of US government employees, citing “an increase in unusual and concerning Russian military activity near the border with Ukraine”. The decision comes just over a week after the StateRead More →
Sweden currently has no plans to evacuate family members and staff from the Swedish Embassy in Kyiv. Foreign Minister of Sweden Ann Linde made a corresponding statement in a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, informs the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine. “The conversationRead More →
Canada moved its military forces to western Ukraine on Sunday and announced the temporary repatriation of all non-essential personnel stationed at its embassy in Kiev, due to tensions at the Russian-Ukrainian border. Updated yesterday at 3:18 p.m. “Our Canadian Armed Forces have moved west of the Dnieper River and weRead More →
Canada is withdrawing non-essential staff from the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine as concerns continue to grow over the threat of a Russian incursion. In a statement on Sunday, Global Affairs Canada said it was temporarily withdrawing non-essential Canadian employees and remaining dependents from the embassy in Kyiv. Read more:Read More →
The Canadian government has taken steps to withdraw the remaining non-essential staff from the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine and their families. Global Affairs Canada announced the decision on Sunday, saying its highest priority is the safety and security of Canadian citizens. The embassy remains open and officials are able toRead More →
Japan plans to withdraw some of its embassy staff from Ukraine amid heightened tensions between the Eastern European country and Russia, a senior Foreign Ministry official said on Friday. The embassy has around 20 staff and the ministry will only keep those needed to help Japanese nationals living in Ukraine,Read More →
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Hello, Canada has ordered family members of diplomatic personnel stationed in Ukraine to leave the country, The Globe and Mail has learned. The move came a day after the United States, Britain, Germany and Australia announced similar moves, amid fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon order an invasionRead More →
Staff of the Dutch embassy in Ukraine who wish to return to the Netherlands will be allowed to do so. But the Netherlands, unlike the United States and the United Kingdom, still sees no reason to evacuate employees, said Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra. The choice of evacuation “is a hugeRead More →
Wopke Hoekstra and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias during the meeting. Photo: EPA/Olivier Haslet Staff from the Dutch Embassy in Ukraine have been allowed to return to the Netherlands if they wish, due to rising tensions in the region, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra told the channel. OUR. “It’s a hugeRead More →
Australia has ordered dependents of embassy staff in the Ukrainian capital to leave the country amid growing fears of an armed conflict with Russia. The Foreign Ministry advised Ukraine “not to travel” on Monday evening. DFAT has told Australians in Ukraine they “should leave now by commercial means if itRead More →
The British government announced on Monday that some of its embassy staff and their dependents in Ukraine were being withdrawn due to the “growing threat from Russia”. “Some Embassy staff and dependents are being withdrawn from Kyiv in response to the growing threat from Russia. The British Embassy remains openRead More →
Boris Johnson has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that a possible invasion of Ukraine would be “disastrous”, as the UK begins to withdraw staff from its embassy in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. Johnson’s assessment of the “pretty grim” situation comes amid new intelligence that has emerged suggesting that Russia isRead More →
The United States updated its travel advisory for Ukraine on Sunday urging American citizens to leave the country and allowing the departure of some embassy employees. “On January 23, 2022, the Department of State authorized the voluntary departure of U.S. direct employees and ordered the departure ofRead More →
The State Department has ordered the families of US citizens to leave the country, US officials told a news outlet. Authorities have asked the families of U.S. Embassy staff in Ukraine to begin fleeing on Monday. Russia-Ukraine tension According to a report in the New York Post, the State DepartmentRead More →
WASHINGTON — The State Department said Sunday it has ordered family members of U.S. embassy staff in kyiv, Ukraine, to leave the country amid growing concerns about a possible Russian invasion. The embassy will remain open for the time being, senior State Department officials said during a briefing with reporters,Read More →
WASHINGTON- European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that the EU does not plan to follow the United States in withdrawing family members of diplomats from Ukraine amid tensions with Russia. . Borrell spoke upon his arrival for a meeting of EU foreign ministers, which US SecretaryRead More →
Russia has dismissed a report that Moscow withdrew diplomatic personnel from missions in Ukraine ahead of international talks on Ukraine’s reinforcement of Russian troops, amid growing concerns over President Vladimir Putin’s intentions towards his neighbour. Quoting an unnamed senior Ukrainian security official, The New York Times (NYT) reported that onRead More →
According to a report on the developer’s website, the gated community dubbed Rosslyn Grove will be leased to the United States Embassy for its staff once construction is completed in 2022. The community development of diplomatic apartments and 90 unit townhouses marks Gateway Real Estate Africa Ltd (GREA) ‘s firstRead More →
The Nicaraguan government has given Taiwanese embassy staff two weeks to leave, after Managua severed diplomatic relations with Taipei on Friday last week, the Foreign Ministry (MOFA) said on Wednesday. The decision to leave Taiwanese personnel before Thursday next week was taken during negotiations between the two sides following theRead More →
Taipei, December 15 (ANC) The Nicaraguan government has given a two-week deadline for the departure of personnel from the Taiwanese embassy and technical mission there, after the two countries sever diplomatic relations on December 10 , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed on Wednesday. The request for their departureRead More →
Russia ordered U.S. embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three years to leave the country by Jan.31, a move that comes a day before diplomats have talks to deal with the deterioration relations between the two countries. Foreign Department officials said on Wednesday that the decisionRead More →
In a video that has surfaced online, a woman and her husband can be seen being yelled at by an Indian embassy officer in New York as they try to get their visas. The woman who lost her father a day before the incident, claimed that as she desperately triedRead More →
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RThe ussia is ordering U.S. Embassy staff who have been in Russia for more than three years to leave by January 31, 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday the move was a response to a similar American policy towards the Russian Embassy in the United States,Read More →
Russia on Wednesday announced it was ordering U.S. embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three years to return home by Jan.31, in retaliation against what Moscow called a U.S. move to limit mandates of Russian diplomats. The move, the latest in a diplomatic escalation, comes afterRead More →
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had ordered some U.S. Embassy staff to leave Moscow in the midst of a diplomatic quarrel between the two countries, Reuters reported. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a press briefing that U.S. Embassy staff who have been in Moscow for moreRead More →
Russia said Wednesday it was ordering US embassy staff, who have been in Moscow for more than three years, to return home by Jan. 31. The move comes in retaliation for what Moscow said was the US decision to limit Russian diplomats’ terms. The step, the latest in a growingRead More →
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had ordered some US embassy staff to leave Moscow amid a diplomatic row between the two countries, Reuters reported. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a press briefing that US embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than threeRead More →
At the event. (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met on November 30 with staff from the Vietnamese Embassy and representative agencies in Moscow, Russia. The president said he had just had very fruitful talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders discussed 20 issues relatedRead More →
Seoul: Russia has withdrawn most of the staff from its North Korean embassy, a Seoul official said on Thursday, as commodity shortages and anti-virus restrictions due to a pandemic have pushed many foreign diplomats out from the country. NK News, a northern media outlet, earlier reported that dozens of RussianRead More →
Leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee want the Biden administration to do more to free U.S. embassy staff from detention in Yemen. Democratic. Representative Gregory Meeks from New York and Republican Representative Michael McCaul from Texas wrote a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressing the issueRead More →
The United States has condemned the continued detention of Yemeni staff at its embassy in Sana’a by the Houthi rebels. Dozens of Yemeni citizens and their families have been detained and abused by the Iranian-aligned Houthis for working for the United States on an interim basis since the embassy closedRead More →
DOHA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – November 23, 2021) The rebels of the Houthi movement who rule northern Yemen continue to detain a number of officials at the US embassy in Sana’a, Al Arabiya television reported on Monday, citing reports of sources. According to the broadcaster’s sources, the Houthis haveRead More →
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The State Department on Thursday called on Iran-backed Houthi rebels to release Yemeni embassy staff from the United States, fighters detained in the northern city of Sana’a after breaching the compound in the country ravaged by war. Details: In an emailed statement, a State Department spokesperson also called on theRead More →
Most of the detainees have been released, but Yemeni rebels continue to detain an unknown number of U.S. Embassy employees in Sana’a, a U.S. official said. The United States has called on the Houthi rebels in Yemen to release an unknown number of detained Yemenis who work for the AmericanRead More →
The State Department on Thursday called on Iran-backed Houthi rebels to release Yemeni US embassy staff from fighters detained in the northern city of Sanaa after entering the country’s compound. ravaged by war. Details: A State Department spokesperson, in an emailed statement, also called on the Houthis to “immediately evacuate”Read More →
Canada is withdrawing families of embassy staff and non-essential personnel from Ethiopia as fighting in the northern region of Tigray escalates. “The situation in Ethiopia is changing and deteriorating rapidly,” Global Affairs Canada said in a statement on Sunday. “The safety of Canadians is our top priority and, as aRead More →
Ethiopia declares state of emergency as rebels from Tigray threaten to advance on the capital. The move comes after the United States said it was “gravely concerned” about the expansion of hostilities in Ethiopia. (PA) The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa has authorized the voluntary departure of non-urgent government personnelRead More →