The State Department on Thursday ordered the families of US embassy staffers in the Nigerian capital to leave due to heightened fears of a terrorist attack as it repeated a warning for all Americans to reconsider travelling to any part of the country and not to visit Abuja at all. The announcement came just two … Read more
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has responded by accusing Russia of planning such an attack itself to blame on Ukraine Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has responded by accusing Russia of planning such an attack itself to blame on Ukraine Russia intends to raise at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday its accusation that Ukraine is planning a … Read more
Moscow retaliated by closing its consulate in Montenegro ‘indefinitely’, Russia’s embassy in the small Balkan nation said in a statement Moscow retaliated by closing its consulate in Montenegro ‘indefinitely’, Russia’s embassy in the small Balkan nation said in a statement Montenegro ordered the expulsion of six Russian diplomats on September 29 amid a major investigation … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in New York on Monday in the first direct talks between the two sides since deadly border clashes earlier this month. Blinken’s trilateral meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov came on the sidelines of … Read more
Prime Minister Edi Rama said on September 7 that there was ‘undeniable evidence’ that the Iranian government was behind the attack Prime Minister Edi Rama said on September 7 that there was ‘undeniable evidence’ that the Iranian government was behind the attack The last staff of the Iranian Embassy in Tirana left the building on … Read more
A suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul has killed two members of the embassy staff and at least one civilian in what Moscow denounced as an “unacceptable terrorist act.” A suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul has killed two members of the embassy … Read more
The blast happened amid Australia’s diplomatic mission’s efforts to mediate between influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and an Iran-backed faction of rival Shiite parties. No injuries were reported The blast happened amid Australia’s diplomatic mission’s efforts to mediate between influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and an Iran-backed faction of rival Shiite parties. No injuries were … Read more
There has been very little diplomacy during the course of the war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are seeking battlefield advantage before negotiating. Source link
Ukrainian diplomatic personnel were involved in a traffic accident in Vienna, in which the driver attempted to flee the scene and refused to be tested for alcohol by police. Austrian police said that a car crashed into a vehicle at a red stop light in central Vienna on Friday. Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung cited sources … Read more
The writer is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former Russian diplomat The Russian Embassy in the UK sparked outrage and fierce criticism recently when it tweeted that prisoners of war from Ukraine’s Azov battalion, who had defended the city of Mariupol right up until the bitter end, deserved … Read more