Tag: Embassies
Turks demonstrate against Biden’s Armenian genocide decision
ISTANBUL — A small group of Turkish protestors gathered outside the American consulate in Istanbul Monday to protest U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to...
Jerusalem tension triggers Gaza-Israel fire exchange
JERUSALEM — Tensions in Jerusalem sparked the worst round of cross-border violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip in months on Saturday, with Palestinian...
Albania’s president lambasts US ambassador on TV talk show
TIRANA, Albania — Albania's president has accused the U.S. ambassador of intervening in the small European country’s internal affairs by supporting its prime minister...
Putin: ‘Unfriendly’ embassies may face Russian hiring bans
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing the country to limit the number of Russians employed at embassies of countries...
Baltics expel Russian diplomats in solidarity with Prague
VILNIUS, Lithuania — The three Baltic countries on Friday ordered the expulsion of a total of four Russian diplomats as an act of solidarity...
Russia expels 5 Polish diplomats in quid pro quo move
MOSCOW — Russia expelled five Polish diplomats Friday in retaliation to Polish authorities expelling three Russian Embassy workers last week.
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General: Afghan military will collapse without some US help
WASHINGTON — Afghanistan’s military “will certainly collapse” without some continued American support once all U.S. troops are withdrawn, the top U.S. general for the...
Czechs to Russia: Let our diplomats back or more of yours go
PRAGUE — The Czech Republic demanded on Wednesday that Russia should allow its expelled diplomats to return to Moscow, threatening that otherwise more Russian...
Russia expels 2 Bulgarian diplomats in tit-for-tat move
MOSCOW — Russia on Tuesday ordered two Bulgarian diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours, a move that comes a month after Bulgaria...
Louisiana soccer team sues US after coach is denied entry
A youth soccer club hoping to welcome its new coach from the United Kingdom to the U.S. has been caught up in a morass...