US Pulls Out of United Nations Human Rights Group
The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, one day after that organization’s chief slammed U.S. immigration policy as “unconscionable.”
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Boris Becker Claims Diplomatic Immunity in Bankruptcy Case
Retired German tennis star Boris Becker is claiming his unpaid role as a sports attache for Central African Republic gives him diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy proceedings in Britain.
Read moreUS-NKorea Letter Diplomacy Is Throwback to Different Era
A North Korean envoy is coming to Washington bearing a letter for President Donald Trump from Kim Jong Un.
Read moreSenior N.Korean Official’s US Visit Reminiscent of 2000 Trip
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s dispatch of a top lieutenant to the United States suggests that preparations for a summit between him and President Donald Trump are in the final stages. But history shows that such trips don’t always lead to summits: The high hopes raised by a similar North Korean mission to Washington to set up a summit 18 years ago ended up dashed.
Read moreRussia’s Ex-US Envoy: Trump Wants Better Ties With Russia
Russia’s former ambassador to the United States says “toxic” political infighting is preventing U.S. President Donald Trump from improving relations with Russia.
Read moreVenezuelan President Expels Top US Diplomat Amid Tensions
President Nicolas Maduro expelled the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela and his deputy Tuesday for allegedly conspiring against the socialist government and trying to sabotage the weekend presidential election.
Read moreFaux Pas: France’s Macron Calls Aussie PM’s Wife ‘Delicious’
Was it a Freudian slip by French President Emmanuel Macron? A joke linked to French gastronomy? Or even, a week after his visit to Washington, a parody of President Donald Trump’s infamous comments about Macron’s wife?
Read moreEU Court Sides With Ireland on Ignoring Greek Fine
Ireland received the blessing of the European Court of Justice on Thursday to ignore Greece’s demand for help collecting a fine of $1.2 million from a Galway man.
Read moreSupreme Court Sides With Arab Bank on Foreign Terror Claims
The Supreme Court closed the book 5-4 Tuesday on terror-support claims against Arab Bank by foreigners whose families were maimed or killed in attacks on Israel.
Read moreUS Raises Nicaragua Threat Level, Pulls Diplomats’ Families
The United States is shutting down routine operations at its embassy in Nicaragua and pulling out some if its employees amid a string of deadly protests.
Read moreTurkey Warns Greece After Flag Is Hoisted on Disputed Islet
Turkey warned Greece on Monday to refrain from “provocations” after a Greek flag was hoisted on a disputed, uninhabited islet in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast.
Read moreTurkish Spy Agency Has Snatched 80 People from 18 Countries
In covert operations in 18 countries, Turkey’s intelligence agency has snatched around 80 Turkish citizens who the government wanted for alleged links to the country’s 2016 failed coup, a top Turkish official said Thursday.
Read moreRussia Calls Diplomat Expulsions a ‘Mockery’ of Law
Russia’s top diplomat on Thursday described the British accusations against Moscow over the nerve agent poisoning of an ex-spy as a mockery of international law and said Russia will push to find out the truth.
Read moreRussia Responds Quid Pro Quo to Diplomats’ Expulsions
Russia announced the expulsion of more than 150 diplomats, including 60 Americans, on Thursday and said it was closing a U.S. consulate in retaliation for the wave of Western expulsions of Russian diplomats over the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in Britain, a tit-for-tat response that intensified the Kremlin’s rupture with the United States and Europe.
Read moreIreland Expels Russian Diplomat, Joining 20 Other Nations
Ireland said Tuesday it is expelling a Russian diplomat, joining more than 20 other nations in punishing Moscow for the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal.
Read moreUS Expels 60 Russian Diplomats, Shutters Seattle Consulate
The Trump administration expelled 60 Russian diplomats on Monday and ordered Russia’s consulate in Seattle to close, as the United States and European nations sought to jointly punish Moscow for its alleged role in poisoning an ex-spy in Britain.
Read moreMoscow Awaits Russian Diplomats Ordered to Leave Britain
Moscow is awaiting nearly two dozen Russian diplomats ordered to leave Britain following a nerve agent attack on U.K. soil.
Read moreRussia Will Expel British Diplomats in Poisoning Standoff
Russia said Friday that it will expel British diplomats and halt high-level meetings with the U.K. in an increasingly global standoff over the nerve agent attack on an ex-spy — but still isn’t saying who will be kicked out or when.
Read moreNew Zealand Censures US-Based Envoy for Anti-Trump Tweets
New Zealand on Wednesday censured its second-ranking diplomat in Washington after she sent tweets saying U.S. Democrats needed to get their act together for the next presidential election “or we will all die.”
Read moreUK Expelling 23 Russian Diplomats Over Spy Spat
Britain is expelling 23 Russian diplomats after the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy — the single biggest such expulsion since the Cold War.
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