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Sputnik International
February 18, 2018
Yemen's Houthis Release US Embassy Employee After 6 Months' Captivity РSource. ̩ AFP 2018/ ... SANAA (Sputnik) - Houthi rebel movement has freed the member of the staff of the US Embassy in Yemen after a six-month detention, a source, close to the released diplomat, told Sputnik on Sunday.
Voice of America
February 18, 2018
The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia said Saturday it opposes the Ethiopian government's imposition of a state of emergency. Ethiopia's Council of Ministers Friday declared a six-month state of emergency for the country, effective immediately, a day after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced he isÃÂ ...
Daily Post Nigeria
February 17, 2018
A graduate of Imo State University, IMSU, has been arrested by the police after the United States consulate in Nigeria detected her fake documents. The suspect, identified as Lilian, is in the detention of the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU), in Lagos. Already, operatives have made it clear to her that she risksÃÂ ...
The Star, Kenya
February 16, 2018
NASA supporters set an American flag on fire as they protested outside the US Embassy in Gigiri, Nairobi, February 16, 2018. /PATRICK VIDIJA ... Google+ ÷ WhatsApp ÷ Email. NASA supporters on Friday held protests outside the US embassy in Nairobi in push for the removal of Ambassador Robert Godec.
Scientific American
February 16, 2018
One unproved theory holds that an array of poles and metal awnings in a park adjacent to the U.S. embassy in Havana serves as a system of antennas that are part of a sonic or microwave weapon. Called El Monte de las Banderas (the Mount of Flags), the poles were erected by Cuban authorities toÃÂ ...
ProPublica
February 14, 2018
More than a year after American diplomats began to suffer strange, concussion-like symptoms in Cuba, a U.S. investigation is no closer to determining how they were hurt or by whom, and the FBI and CIA are at odds over the case. A ProPublica investigation reveals the many layers to the mystery — and theÃÂ ...
The Yucatan Times
February 14, 2018
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta S. Jacobson (3rd R) and Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera (2nd R) attend a ceremony to place the first stone of the new U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico February 13, 2018. (Photo: REUTERS/Edgard Garrido). Trump has threatened to pull out of the NorthÃÂ ...
iNews
February 13, 2018
Street names are becoming the latest front in the diplomatic conflict between Russia and the United States after Moscow officials indicated they could change the US Embassy's official address to “1 North American Dead End”. The plan, which is being reviewed at the end of the month, is supported byÃÂ ...
South China Morning Post
February 13, 2018
It's not exactly the next cold war. But things are heating up between the United States and Russia over something very silly: the name of the streets that house each other's embassies. Back in January, District of Columbia city officials voted unanimously to rename the street on which the Russian embassyÃÂ ...
The Hill (blog)
February 13, 2018
Washington's decision to rename the street in front of the Russian embassy struck a chord in the Russian capital, where a national lawmaker proposed this week to retaliate by renaming the Moscow street of the U.S. embassy, "North American Dead End." The tit-for-tat response came after Washington, D.C.ÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
February 13, 2018
Mikhail Degtyaryov, a right-wing Russian member of parliament, said in a statement last week that Moscow should call the unnamed alley next to the US embassy "North American Dead-end in honour of the intrusive foreign policy of the United States" and assign the corresponding new address to theÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
February 11, 2018
On Dec. 6, Trump defied foreign leaders and domestic advisors alike. Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced his intentions to relocate the United States Embassy to Jerusalem. The move was rash and uncalculated; it alienated neighbors, reignited already highÃÂ ...
Cruise Law News
February 10, 2018
The U.S. Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas issued a new crime warning for the city following the assault of a U.S. citizen during the early evening hours of February 6, 2018, while jogging on West Bay Street just west of Goodman's Bay Park. This is an area around two miles west of the cruise port andÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
February 10, 2018
Washington withdrew most of its personnel from the embassy in Havana to protect them from the mysterious attacks suffered by 24 diplomats and other U.S. personnel between November 2016 and August 2017. The embassy suspended processing visas, except for medical emergencies and CubanÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
February 10, 2018
The US Embassy in Manila is calling on China and all other claimants of the South China Sea to “refrain” from construction and reclamation activities, as well as the militarization of the disputed waterway. “We call on China, as well as other claimants, to refrain from taking any steps towards the constructionÃÂ ...
Daily Mirror
February 9, 2018
The American Center in Colombo which is being operated by the US government will remain closed until further notice, the US Embassy said today. “At this time, scheduled passport and visa services at the US Embassy will continue during the lapse in appropriations as the situation permits. The AmericanÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
February 8, 2018
Cuba has given a visa to a senior American diplomat to lead the U.S. embassy in Havana, a U.S. official said, in a sign both nations want to keep open lines of communication despite a sharp deterioration in relations since President Donald Trump took office. The diplomat, Philip Goldberg, will take up theÃÂ ...
CNN
January 16, 2018
With a $1 billion price tag, the embassy is not only one of the most expensive buildings of its kind in the world, but also perhaps one of the most notorious after US President Donald Trump last week said he was canceling a planned visit to London in part because of his proclaimed outrage over the cost.
London Review of Books (blog)
December 31, 1999
'Reason I canceled my trip to London,' Donald Trump tweeted last month, 'is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cutÃÂ ...
IrishCentral
November 15, 2017
The US Embassy in Dublin said the program “plays an extremely important role in advancing people-to-people relations between our two ...
The Hill (blog)
November 15, 2017
The United States has awarded a contract to guard the U.S. embassy in Moscow to a company with KGB ties, The New York Times reports.
The Phnom Penh Post
November 15, 2017
The United States' Asean mission yesterday rebutted criticism by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who told US President Donald Trump in a speech at ...
Independent.ie
November 15, 2017
The US Embassy in Dublin is urging potential J1 students to "be proactive and begin the application process as soon as possible" for the ...
Axios
November 15, 2017
The FBI has known about the transfer to the U.S. embassy since September, and sources told Buzzfeed that the Bureau is investing how the money was spent ...
New York Times
November 15, 2017
The United States embassy in Moscow. Marines will continue to guard American diplomatic missions in Russia, but other tasks, like screening ...
ABC News
November 14, 2017
FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2008, file photo, Serbian police officers carrying injured policeman in front of U.S. Embassy during a rally against ...
thenews.pl
November 12, 2017
US Ambassador to Poland Paul Jones and other American embassy affiliates have listed what they like about Poland in a video to mark Polish ...
APA
October 30, 2017
On October 30 and November 13, the U.S. Embassy's Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) office will be holding the Commercial ...
FRANCE 24
October 29, 2017
Cuba has hit out at allegations that mysterious sonic attacks made American diplomats ill in the country, dismissing them as "political ...
Sputnik International
October 27, 2017
The row over the Russian diplomatic properties in the US is not abating. After seizing control of Russia's diplomatic compounds Washington ...
Rappler
October 27, 2017
US EMBASSY IN MANILA. The US Embassy in Manila will be closed on October 31 and November 1, 2017, in observance of Philippine ...
Variety
October 23, 2017
The U.S. embassy in London is opening its doors for a documentary ... The as-yet-untitled three-parter will capture life inside the embassy as it ...
Channel NewsAsia
October 23, 2017
JAKARTA: Indonesia's military chief is free to travel to the United States, the US embassy said Monday (Oct 23), after the general was ...
The Detroit News
October 22, 2017
Washington — As Saudi Arabia feverishly portrays itself as ready to join the ranks of modern, tolerant societies, the kingdom has turned to a ...
Philippine Star
October 22, 2017
In a statement, the US Embassy cited how the Armed Forces of the Philippines requested an examination of Hapilon's DNA sample.
War Is Boring
October 20, 2017
In 1965, the Indonesian Army and allied paramilitary groups killed at least 500,000 people because of their membership in the Indonesian ...
Daily Maverick
October 20, 2017
The US embassy has warned its citizens in Senegal of a "credible threat" of a terror attack in the capital Dakar, advising them to take special ...
ABC News
October 18, 2017
The thousands of files from the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta covering 1963-66 were made public Tuesday after a declassification review that began ...
The Guardian
October 18, 2017
The thousands of files from the US embassy in Jakarta covering 1963-66 were made public on Tuesday after a declassification review that ...
Politico
October 17, 2017
The State Department late last month pulled non-emergency personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Havana as a safety measure following a ...
New York Times
September 29, 2017
The United States Embassy in Havana. The State Department warned Americans that they could face unusual risks in visiting Cuba.
BBC News
December 31, 1999
The US State Department has employed a private firm set up by a veteran Soviet-era spy to provide security for its Moscow embassy and ...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
The US embassy in Havana. Washington has recalled more than half its diplomatic personnel from the Cuban capital. Photograph: Yamil ...
National Catholic Reporter
December 31, 1999
Callista Gingrich is pictured during a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington July 18. President Donald ...
ABC News
December 31, 1999
In this image from video, Fatimah Baeshen, the spokeswoman for the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Washington, speaks during an Associated ...
POLITICO.eu
December 31, 1999
The U.S. embassy in London owes more than £11 million in traffic charges, ... Staff at the embassy in Grosvenor Square, in the swanky Mayfair ...
The Independent
December 31, 1999
US citizens who don't already possess a visa for Turkey are now banned from travelling there, after the Turkish Embassy in Washington made ...
Arab News
September 25, 2017
The evening event was opened to the public and was attended by hundreds of people, including Prince Khaled bin Salman, Saudi Arabia'sÃÂ ...
Anadolu Agency
September 25, 2017
The U.S. embassy in Iraq on Sunday warned U.S. citizens against potential unrest over a planned referendum on the secession of northern IraqÃÂ ...
Jamaica Gleaner
September 25, 2017
Eric Khant (left), charge d'affaires at the United States Embassy, speaks with some of the entrepreneurs selected for the Young Leaders of theÃÂ ...
