Tag: Embassies and Consulates
U.S. Eases Ban for Diplomats at Vietnam War Anniversary
The Trump administration, reversing a policy that angered Vietnam veterans, has eased a ban on senior American diplomats attending events for the 50th...
Algeria Expels 12 French Officials
Tensions between France and Algeria, never far from the surface, have flared again as Algeria moved to expel 12 officials working at the...
British Couple on World Motorcycle Tour Is Detained in Iran
A British couple who had been on a motorcycle tour around the world were detained in Iran, Britain’s foreign office said on Saturday.The...
Bimla Bissell, Vital Aide to Four U.S. Ambassadors to India, Dies...
Bimla Bissell, the indispensable and well-connected social secretary to four American ambassadors to India who was a kind of unofficial ambassador herself, a...
Scores of Senior Diplomats Are Leaving Posts as Trump Takes Office
A transition team for President-elect Donald J. Trump has asked scores of senior career diplomats to resign from their positions on Monday, as...
U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War
For his first three years as the head of the C.I.A., William J. Burns was relentlessly focused on tripling the agency’s resources devoted...
Bolsonaro Hid at Hungary’s Embassy. Not For Asylum, He Says, Maybe...
When we first watched the surveillance footage, we were stunned.There was the Hungarian ambassador to Brazil pacing nervously in the embassy. There was...
‘The Interview’: Ambassador David Pressman Is Alarmed by What He Has...
When you say that they were trying to make you seem weird or gross, what were these articles saying? There’s a whole strand...
