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Security at US diplomatic missions has been boosted in preparation.
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From American diplomatic missions, my colleagues and I analyzed foreign societies.
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It also will be used by diplomatic missions and voluntary flights.
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South Africa has shuttered its diplomatic missions in Nigeria, citing threats.
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Israel is committed to maintaining the security of all diplomatic missions.
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Vatican diplomatic missions have also been involved in scandals in the past.
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In that capacity, he undertook delicate diplomatic missions to Indochina and Afghanistan.
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Protesters have demonstrated across Brazil and outside its diplomatic missions around the world.
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The violence also undermines GNA efforts to persuade diplomatic missions to return there.
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The NDS office is near the US Embassy, along with several other diplomatic missions.
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South Africa temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in Nigeria, citing concerns over staff safety.
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Baghdad also demanded that foreign governments close their diplomatic missions in the Kurdish capital Erbil.
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WALLACE: Governor Richardson, you have been to North Korea eight times on various diplomatic missions.
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The European Union and the United Nations also have security and diplomatic missions in Kosovo.
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The military gets weak, economic growth slows, diplomatic missions are less effective, and the like.
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Voting at Turkish diplomatic missions abroad began on June 7 and finished on Tuesday evening.
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A decade and a half ago, there were precious few diplomatic missions for the Chechens.
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"The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns any attack on diplomats or diplomatic missions," Qassemi said.
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However, women were still underrepresented in the foreign service, especially in diplomatic missions, he said.
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Along with other Western diplomatic missions, the U.S. staff have since been based in neighboring Tunisia.
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This is partly reflected in the number of diplomatic missions that countries maintain on the continent.
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Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in the country, leading the kingdom to cut off ties.
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That led Iranian protesters to storm Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, after which Riyadh severed relations.
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The resolutions require member states to reduce the number of staff at North Korean diplomatic missions.
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Further: The State Department and related diplomatic missions are cut by $10.9 billion (or 29 percent).
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Other countries with diplomatic missions in North Korea plan to scale down operations, the source added.
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But papal visits are not diplomatic missions, even though a lot of diplomacy is inevitably involved.
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State governors, meanwhile, are increasingly working around Mr. Trump, embarking on their own global diplomatic missions.
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The draft U.N. resolution calls on all countries to refrain from establishing diplomatic missions in Jerusalem.
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Somaliland boasts all the trappings of statehood, including a flag, a currency, diplomatic missions and a border.
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Dubai-headquartered VFS is a provider of visa process outsourcing services for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide.
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier gave few details about the closure of diplomatic missions in Turkey.
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Ms. Benjamin said doing so would violate an international treaty that protects the sovereignty of diplomatic missions.
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The draft U.N. resolution had called upon all countries to refrain from establishing diplomatic missions in Jerusalem.
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He has already been on two overseas diplomatic missions in the month since Mr. Trump took power.
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Israel said all 86 countries with diplomatic missions in Israel were invited to the event, and 33 accepted.
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"Any action against Russian diplomatic missions in the US will immediately bounce back on US diplomats in Russia."
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The move would have been unprecedented, as it would have cut off diplomatic missions with a NATO ally.
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Israel said all 86 countries with diplomatic missions in Israel were invited to the event, and 33 confirmed attendance.
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VFS, with headquarters in Dubai, is a provider of visa process outsourcing services for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide.
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Countries worldwide are responding, cutting back on North Korean guest worker programs, flights and diplomatic missions, US officials say.
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Protesters gathered outside Brazilian diplomatic missions in European and Latin American cities Friday, and demonstrators also marched in Brazil.
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"The targeting of diplomatic missions is unacceptable and detrimental to the interests of Iraq," said ministry spokesman Ahmed Mahjoub.
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The office was viewed as a potential first step toward the Koreas establishing diplomatic missions in each other's capitals.
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The troops -- who provide military support of diplomatic missions, counterterrorism activities and improving regional security -- are being temporarily relocated.
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The United States evacuated non-essential staff from its diplomatic missions in Iraq over unspecified threats from Iran on Wednesday.
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If you have any diplomatic missions to go on, Virgo, sweet Venus in strategic Scorpio will certainly help you out.
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Pompeo also said he would be seeking the release of several local employees of the U.S. diplomatic missions in Turkey.
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It will hurt the war on the ISIS and expose U.S. troops and diplomatic missions to greater risk in Iraq.
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There have been rival governments in Tripoli and the east since 2014, when most diplomatic missions evacuated to neighboring Tunisia.
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There have been rival governments in Tripoli and the east since 2014, when most diplomatic missions evacuated to neighbouring Tunisia.
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Twenty-five associates of one victim, a gay rights activist, have taken refuge in safe houses provided by diplomatic missions.
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"Going Around Trump, governors Embark on Their Own Diplomatic Missions," declares the headline in The New York Times on Sunday.
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It is not staffed or equipped to conduct operational diplomatic missions, military operations or other operational functions of government abroad.
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The measure also urges countries to allow North Korean diplomatic missions around the world to have only one bank account.
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On Sunday it flew the staff of several diplomatic missions, as well as aid workers and business people, to Russia.
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Israel said all 86 countries with diplomatic missions in the country were invited to the event, and 33 confirmed attendance.
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In a tit-for-tat move, Moscow will also expel at least 60 staff from U.S. diplomatic missions in Russia.
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The offices would act as de facto embassies and would be the first such diplomatic missions established in either country.
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One is now said to be Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, a frequent travel companion on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's diplomatic missions.
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It also led to demonstrations in Iran, where protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions, prompting Riyadh to cut diplomatic ties with Tehran.
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China's influence on American campuses, via student associations with close links to diplomatic missions, is a frequent topic in congressional hearings.
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Germany said it was keeping its diplomatic missions and schools closed until the weekend due to a highly credible security threat.
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Saudi Arabia severed ties with Iran after demonstrators angry at the execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric attacked Saudi diplomatic missions.
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Voting began on Thursday at airports and border gates in Turkey as well as in Turkish diplomatic missions in 60 countries.
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At the same time, Heindel said, the diplomatic missions of the seafarers' own countries may not be able to help either.
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That attack targeted an office of the National Directorate of Security, Rahimi said, near the US Embassy and other diplomatic missions.
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Turkey and Yemen co-sponsored the draft resolution which called on all countries to refrain from establishing diplomatic missions in Jerusalem.
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Video The administration is also seeking the release of several detained local employees of the U.S. diplomatic missions in the Turkey.
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South Korean officials saw the office as a potential first step toward the Koreas establishing diplomatic missions in each other's capitals.
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"Diplomatic missions operating in Iraq are highly respected and appreciated," it added, stressing that the incident did not reflect Iraq's perspective.
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Running sensitive diplomatic missions may sound like an odd job for an attorney not formally employed by the United States government.
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Running sensitive diplomatic missions may sound like an odd job for an attorney not formally employed by the United States government.
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U.S. and other diplomats are barred from traveling by road the short distance from the city's international airport to their diplomatic missions.
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The four memos were sent to American diplomatic missions over the past two weeks, with the most recent issued on March 17th.
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Germany shut down its diplomatic missions and schools in Turkey, while the U.S. and other European embassies warned citizens to be vigilant.
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It also targeted diplomatic missions within Iran, where it "sought to harvest personal data about individuals of interest," the cybersecurity firm said.
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In one month, Baghdad's highly-fortified Green Zone — which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions — was stormed twice by anti-government protesters.
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"It is the responsibility of the host countries to ensure the safety of all diplomatic missions and their personnel," the spokesman said.
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This applies to any actions against Russian diplomatic missions in the United States, which will immediately backfire at U.S. diplomats in Russia.
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The United States spends about $50 billion a year in foreign aid, but that includes running diplomatic missions and giving academic grants.
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Russia sanctions Vladimir Putin's cutting staff at US diplomatic missions Russia in response to the sanctions bill that Congress passed last week.
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But he urged countries against playing into the militants' hands, after a series of security alerts from foreign diplomatic missions in Turkey.
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Also, two locally employed staff at U.S. diplomatic missions in Turkey remained detained Thursday, according to the State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert.
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Between government agencies, diplomatic missions and donor-funded civil society organizations — with their endless seminars, round tables and workshops — Abuja feels smothered.
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" The Prime Minister said the Iraqi government is "committed to protecting all diplomatic missions and taking all necessary measures to achieve this.
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The new action treats the news organizations as part of China's diplomatic missions whose activities are regulated under the Foreign Missions Act.
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In a tit for tat move, Moscow is likely to expel a similar number of staff from U.S. diplomatic missions in Russia.
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American and other diplomats have been barred from traveling by road the short distance from the city's international airport to their diplomatic missions.
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They include a $2bn fund for infrastructure and new diplomatic missions in the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, the Marshall Islands, Niue and Palau.
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U.S. and other diplomats have been barred from traveling by road the short distance from the city's international airport to their diplomatic missions.
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With 51 Americans and 300 Cuban employees, the US Interests Section was one of the largest diplomatic missions any country maintained in Cuba.
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United States forces have always relied on local allies to accomplish military and diplomatic missions, and will need this support in the future.
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It said the number of intelligence agents posted at diplomatic missions in Austria remained "high" and Austria was a "favored area of operations".
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Photographs of the event spread quickly online, creating a backlash, with the unofficial diplomatic missions of Israel and Germany issuing letters of protest.
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Diplomatic missions on both divides had been closed, and communication lines shut down during the border war, which was fought from 1998 to 2000.
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Earlier this year, American and other diplomats were barred from traveling by road from Kabul's airport to their diplomatic missions a short distance away.
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Small numbers of demonstrators gathered outside Brazilian diplomatic missions in Paris, London and Geneva to urge Brazil to do more to fight the fires.
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Turkey reciprocated the move and announced a resumption of limited visa processing at its diplomatic missions in the US via a statement on Twitter.
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American officials had hoped Turkey would also release Serkan Golge, a Turkish-American scientist, and three Turkish citizens who worked at American diplomatic missions.
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WASHINGTON — It was once a sideshow to the American military in Afghanistan and later became one of the largest diplomatic missions in the world.
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In January, protesters in Iran stormed Saudi diplomatic missions after Saudi Arabia executed Nimr al-Nimr, an outspoken Shiite cleric and a Saudi citizen.
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While in 2019 the United States is home to 342 embassies and consulates from 61 countries, there are only 256 diplomatic missions in China.
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OTHERS - Moscow will expel at least 60 staff from U.S. diplomatic missions in Russia, RIA news agency quoted Russian senator Vladimir Dzhabarov as saying.
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No one has claimed responsibility for the rocket fired on Sunday into the heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions.
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"We want to stress that Chinese diplomatic missions and personnel overseas always respect relevant international treaties and local laws and rules," it added, without elaborating.
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GCC member states banned travel to Lebanon in 2016 after Lebanon&aposs Foreign Minister refused to condemn mob attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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Pence, national security adviser H.R. McMaster and Defense Secretary James Mattis are all traveling overseas this week on key diplomatic missions amid heightened global tensions.
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That airport is home to offices of the United Nations, African Union and many diplomatic missions, including those of the United States and European Union.
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The airport is home to offices of the United Nations, African Union and many diplomatic missions, including those of the United States and European Union.
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For example, diplomatic missions in Seoul, South Korea, and Chennai, India, sent out press releases and videos showing the flag hanging outside their respective buildings.
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Bill Richardson, Clinton's U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who has made multiple diplomatic missions to North Korea, called the Trump-Kim summit a gamble.
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After the new sanctions passed Congress, Mr. Putin ordered the United States to cut hundreds of mostly local staffers from its diplomatic missions in Russia.
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Mr. Tillerson spoke with Jason Zengerle about how he factors the president's tweets into foreign policy strategy and one of his most difficult diplomatic missions.
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" The American forces, who provide military support for diplomatic missions, counterterrorism activities and improving regional security, have been relocated temporarily in response to "increased unrest.
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Government spokesperson Lunga Ngqengelele said officials in South Africa were currently assessing the threat and did not yet know when the diplomatic missions would reopen.
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US embassies and diplomatic missions are honoring LGBTQ pride month around the globe, despite the State Department's decision to reject requests to fly rainbow flags.
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There are approximately 3,43 special agents and an additional 1,300 uniformed officers who guard the White House, the Treasury building and foreign diplomatic missions in Washington.
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Small numbers of demonstrators gathered outside Brazilian diplomatic missions in Paris, London, Geneva and Bogota, Colombia, to urge Brazil to do more to fight the fires.
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It was not immediately clear whether Germany, which closed its diplomatic missions and German schools last week citing a security threat, would open them on Monday.
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The sprawling Chinese embassy compound was designed by I.M. Pei and opened in 2009, one of more than a dozen diplomatic missions located in upper Washington.
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Saudi Arabia broke off relations with Tehran after its diplomatic missions were stormed by Iranian protesters in Iran, while Kuwait has recalled its envoy to Iran.
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"We're aware of reports that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has ordered the closure of Iranian diplomatic missions in the Kingdom," an Obama administration official said.
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Pakistan hosts one of Britain's largest overseas networks, with the British High Commission in Islamabad being one of the UK's largest diplomatic missions in the world.
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Meanwhile, a firm with ties to President Vladimir Putin's former boss in the Russian spy service has been employed to protect American diplomatic missions in Russia.
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The violence also prompted reprisals against South African firms in Nigeria and led to the temporary closure of South Africa's diplomatic missions in Lagos and Abuja.
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Washington ordered the departure of non-emergency American employees from its diplomatic missions in Iraq on Wednesday in show of concern about threats from Iran-backed forces.
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Jerusalem (CNN)Israel's diplomatic missions around the world closed on Wednesday as Foreign Ministry workers went on strike over a dispute about paying taxes on overseas stipends.
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"China will hold on to that shoal, for sure, and deny our fishermen access," said a senior navy commander who has previously joined diplomatic missions to China.
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Armed groups fighting for territory and power have regularly attacked the city's transport hubs - undermining the government's efforts to persuade diplomatic missions to return to the capital.
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The court session was attended by personnel from various diplomatic missions including the U.S and Canada and Ajak appeared alongside six other detainees also arrested last year.
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Amid rising U.S.-Iran tension, a rocket was fired last week into Baghdad's fortified Green Zone which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions, but caused no casualties.
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Snagvotes, which registered a record number of food stalls for the 2016 election, includes listings for sausage sizzles at diplomatic missions in the Netherlands, India and Singapore.
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The British, New Zealand, Canadian and other diplomatic missions in Malaysia soon followed with notices advising against travel to coastal islands in the eastern state of Sabah.
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"Bringing together the men and women who lead our overseas diplomatic missions is essential to successfully achieving our unified mission of advancing America's foreign policy," he wrote.
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While we wait for her confirmation, one of our most crucial diplomatic missions in terms of international trade and border security remains without a head of post.
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He ordered Ghana's national flag to be flown at half-mast across the country and in all of the country's diplomatic missions from Monday for one week.
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"The government of Iraq affirms its absolute rejection of any acts which threaten diplomatic missions, their safety and the security of their personnel," said in a statement.
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In a diplomatic note released to the media Tuesday evening, Switzerland said it is the responsibility of any government to protect the diplomatic missions of other states.
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It ended a high-stakes two-day crisis and practical siege of the largest and one of the most heavily fortified U.S. diplomatic missions in the world.
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That would be cheap and tawdry, and would lower diplomacy to the worst of all suspicions that America, through its diplomatic missions, is bought and paid for.
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Diplomatic missions have warned staff and citizens to avoid public transport and crowded places, particularly on and around March 21, when Kurds celebrate the Newroz New Year festival.
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Friday made it compulsory in law to report the sexual abuse of children within the Vatican and in its diplomatic missions worldwide.
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In February, Saudi Arabia suspended a $3 billion aid package for the Lebanese army in response to Beirut's failure to condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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His circumspection was appreciated by the many heads of state with whom he met on overseas trips; they sometimes relied on him to carry out diplomatic missions discreetly.
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Iraq's prime minister said in a statement that his government was "committed to protecting all diplomatic missions and taking all necessary measures to achieve this," according to CNN.
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The means by which they could do this are unclear, and big companies and diplomatic missions may be particularly uncomfortable using Chinese-government-approved VPNs for security reasons.
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He added that Venezuela's diplomatic missions in the United States, which include an embassy in Washington and consulates in Florida and Texas, would be shut down by Saturday.
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The US Embassy in Havana is one of the few diplomatic missions in the Cuban capital that has not lowered its flag to half-staff to mark Castro's death.
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In response, the Thai diplomatic missions in Riyadh and Jeddah were downgraded to the less powerful charge d'affairs level, a largely symbolic move to express Saudi discontent with Thailand.
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That report found that the State Department no longer offered "clear guidance" to its diplomatic missions around the world on how to assess the geopolitical risks of climate change.
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Leading up to that appearance, China played host to diplomats from several largely sympathetic countries posted to their diplomatic missions in Geneva — including Pakistan, Russia, Belarus, Cuba and Venezuela.
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The embassy and consulates in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg were closed for several days in 2009 over what U.S. officials called a "specific" threat to its diplomatic missions.
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Israel is committed to maintaining the security of all diplomatic missions The Israeli police are investigating the case, and I expect the culprits will be swiftly brought to justice.
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There are currently 24 foreign embassies in Pyongyang, and North Korea has about 47 diplomatic missions in countries scattered across the world, according to the National Committee on North Korea.
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On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department announced that all non-emergency American staff on diplomatic missions will be pulled out of Iraq, citing concerns of threats from Iranian-backed forces.
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"Such action constitutes a flagrant breach of international conventions and violation of Iran's international commitment over security and safety of diplomatic missions on its lands," the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry said.
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By contrast, the Kremlin is demanding that the Americans cut their diplomatic missions staff in Russia by 755, bringing them down to the same numbers as Moscow's people in Washington.
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The U.S. government on Sunday temporarily halted its military support for counterterrorism activities and diplomatic missions in Libya as rival militias try to stop fighters loyal to Libyan strongman Gen.
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The two countries broke off diplomatic relations in January after Iranian rioters stormed Saudi diplomatic missions to protest Saudi Arabia's execution of an outspoken Shiite cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
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South Korean officials consider the office another important step toward ending decades of enmity and hope it will eventually lead to the establishment of diplomatic missions in each other's capitals.
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Last month, Washington demanded journalists from Chinese state media be registered as staff of diplomatic missions, saying it was a reponse to the growing crackdown on independent reporting in China.
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The army deployed Pakistan paramilitary Rangers as well as about 800 additional soldiers from neighboring Rawalpindi to Islamabad, to protect the center, which houses main government buildings and diplomatic missions.
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The protocol department said the measures were to protect the staff of international organizations and diplomatic missions in North Korea, as well as prevent an outbreak, according to the embassy.
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In early June, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, sent a letter to diplomatic missions in New York, urging them to vote against the resolution.
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The United States was so upset about the arrests of its local staff members because they are vital to providing the technical and contextual support in diplomatic missions, he said.
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Last month, Washington demanded journalists from Chinese state media be registered as staff of diplomatic missions, saying it was a reponse to the growing crackdown on independent reporting in China.
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Jaberi Ansari, a spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry, said his country is committed to protecting diplomatic missions and reiterated that no Saudi diplomats were harmed -- or even present -- during the attack.
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" That report called "Iranian hostile and provocative statement on the judicial rulings implements (in Saudi Arabia) against a number of terrorists" as "direct incitements for launching attacks on the diplomatic missions.
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Saudi Arabia recently halted $3 billion of aid to Lebanon's armed forces, blaming the government's failure to condemn attacks on its diplomatic missions in Iran after Riyadh executed a Shi'ite cleric.
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Rather than scientific exploration, cultural exchange, and diplomatic missions, the USS Discovery's captain, Gabriel Lorca, was hell-bent on defeating the Klingons, even when it meant venturing into ethical gray areas.
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Washington ordered the departure of non-emergency American employees from its diplomatic missions in Iraq on Wednesday in another apparent show of concern about what it describes as threats from Iran.
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In early 2016, after Lebanon's government neglected to condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, the kingdom canceled about $4 billion in aid to the Lebanese military and security forces.
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Woody Johnson, the owner of the New York Jets, landed in August as the ambassador to the Court of St. James's, the august name for diplomatic missions to the United Kingdom.
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Built into a lush hillside, it will be a visible boost to American ties with Taiwan at a time when the number of official foreign diplomatic missions here continues to dwindle.
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Their son and daughter were badly neglected as she spent months at a time abroad on fund-raising and diplomatic missions and, when home, stayed at meetings late into the night.
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That started an intense round of expulsions, with the Russians ordering the American diplomatic missions down to 251 people, the same number they had in the United States at that time.
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Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic relations with Iran in 2016 after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran and the city of Mashhad following Riyadh's execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric.
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To cut a budget deficit projected at about 10 percent of GDP this year, he said the government would retire all civil servants aged over 65 and close some overseas diplomatic missions.
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Sources in diplomatic missions said most foreign envoys had yet to congratulate Rajapaksa as it could be interpreted as legitimizing the new government while there were still complaints his appointment was unconstitutional.
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Kurdish militants on Thursday claimed a suicide bombing in Ankara that killed 37 people this week and warned of further attacks, while Germany shut down its diplomatic missions and schools in Turkey.
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The first after the summit was last month when Francis made it compulsory in law to report the sexual abuse of children within the Vatican and in its diplomatic missions worldwide [uL8N21G3DO].
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The 43 Sunni jihadists executed on Saturday included several prominent al Qaeda figures, including those convicted for attacks on Western compounds, government buildings and diplomatic missions that killed hundreds from 2003-06.
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Other Gulf Arab countries have yet to comment publicly on the coup attempt, but some have urged citizens in the country to stay home and to remain in contact with diplomatic missions.
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Elated to be discussing anything but the Trump scandal with his guests — 700 of whom attended, from major companies, international financial organizations, and diplomatic missions — Zelensky practically leaped onto the event stage.
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Ambassadors from 18 Western diplomatic missions including the United States, Britain and Canada issued a statement on Wednesday welcoming Tuesday's indictments and saying they stood "with Kenyans in the fight against corruption".
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CNN has requested additional information about Netanyahu's claims from the Israeli embassy in Washington, as well as from diplomatic missions of all the nations who remain signatories to the Iran nuclear deal.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have detained three men suspected to have been plotting an attack on German diplomatic missions and a German school in Turkey, the private Dogan News Agency reported on Wednesday.
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KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion close to the U.S. Embassy and other diplomatic missions in the Macrorayan area of Kabul wounded one person on Friday, breaking a rare period of calm in Afghanistan's capital.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is directing U.S. diplomatic missions to identify "populations warranting increased scrutiny" and to toughen screening for visa applicants in those groups, according to diplomatic cables seen by Reuters.
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In February Saudi Arabia suspended a $3 billion aid package for the Lebanese army in what an official called a response to Beirut's failure to condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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Der Spiegel magazine reported that U.S. and Turkish intelligence, as well as Kurdish security sources, had warned Berlin of a planned suicide attack, linked to Islamic State, on German diplomatic missions or schools.
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Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said it had sent an email to all diplomatic missions in Canberra this week, after three offices in the capital and Sydney received suspicious packages.
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Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic relations with Iran in the wake of attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, which occurred after the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a Saudi Arabian Shi'ite.
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The 43 Sunni jihadists executed on Saturday, including several prominent al Qaeda leaders and ideologues, were convicted for attacks on Western compounds, government buildings and diplomatic missions that killed hundreds from 2003-06.
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Several U.S. embassies and diplomatic missions around the world are hoisting rainbow flags in honor of Pride Month, despite a slate of rejections from the Trump administration of requests to fly the flag.
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Member states are required to expel and repatriate any individuals working for a North Korean bank or institution on their territory, and limit the number of bank accounts for North Korean diplomatic missions.
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Senators who balk at paying for health care and the basic diplomatic missions of the State Department approved a $700 billion defense budget for 2017-18, far more than Mr. Trump even requested.
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Marines will continue to guard American diplomatic missions, but tasks previously handled by local guards hired directly by the embassy in Moscow, like screening visitors, will be taken over by Elite Security employees.
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All facts are not known," State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said at a regular briefing on Thursday, reiterating the U.S. position that diplomatic missions "ought to be respected and are protected by treaty.
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He became close to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, helping crush his Muslim Brotherhood opposition and conducting diplomatic missions like negotiating a Nile River dam project between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka&aposs president said the government will still end its 42-year moratorium on capital punishment despite requests by the European Union and other diplomatic missions not to do so.
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Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said it had sent an email to all diplomatic missions in Canberra earlier this week after three offices in the capital and Sydney received suspicious packages.
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The show is set four centuries in the future, and follows Captain Ed Mercer (played by MacFarlane) as he leads the Planetary Union's USS Orville as they explore new planets and undertake diplomatic missions.
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The location is near the ritzy downtown Atlanta district of Buckhead, sometimes called "the Beverly Hills of the South," which is home to some of the city's biggest businesses, medical centers and diplomatic missions.
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Since the new sanctions were mooted, Russia has responded by ordering the US to cut staff at its diplomatic missions in the country by 755 employees, as well as seizing two US diplomatic properties.
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To drive home his demands, the young cleric launched a show of force on March 4th with a huge protest outside the fortress-like Green Zone, where government offices and diplomatic missions are located.
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"The French government should take all necessary measures to protect Iranian diplomatic missions in that country," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA on Saturday.
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Demonstrators are assembling at Saudi Arabian diplomatic missions around the world this week to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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In making the initial announcement on Friday, Russia said that the American diplomatic staff would have to be reduced to 455, matching the number of Russians employed at diplomatic missions in the United States.
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School Parade in Taiwan Featuring Swastikas and Nazis Unleashes Uproar The principal resigned after photographs and images went viral online, and after the unofficial diplomatic missions of Israel and Germany issued letters of protest.
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That also turned out to be negative, although a State Department medical team is still in China visiting all U.S. diplomatic missions there to conduct screenings of employees and family members who ask for them.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League foreign ministers agreed at an emergency meeting in Cairo on Sunday to condemn the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran and accused the Tehran government of failing to protect them.
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Concern also rose after a rocket was fired on Sunday into the Iraqi capital Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions, falling near the U.S. Embassy but causing no casualties.
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Iraq's Defense Minister has ordered the country's armed forces to be on high alert, in order to protect government buildings, including embassies and diplomatic missions, and has deployed extra security troops to Baghdad International Airport.
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ANKARA/BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkish authorities detained four people in an investigation into a potential threat against British and German diplomatic missions but found no links to any terrorist groups, a Turkish official said on Friday.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Etihad Airways is advising some passengers to check with U.S. diplomatic missions before traveling after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order banning visits by nationals of six Muslim-majority nations.
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The United States spends about 21 percent of its federal budget on foreign aid, or about $20.9493 billion, but that also includes running diplomatic missions and giving academic grants, according to the U.S. State Department.
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ISTANBUL/BERLIN (Reuters) - Kurdish militants on Thursday claimed a suicide bombing in Ankara that killed 37 people this week and warned of further attacks, while Germany shut down its diplomatic missions and schools in Turkey.
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Citing unspecified threats to U.S. personnel from Iran and its proxy forces, the administration has deployed more military assets to the Middle East and ordered the departure of nonemergency personnel from diplomatic missions in Iraq.
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The Telegraph reported that the statement urged all nations to adhere to the Security Council resolution calling for countries to not establish diplomatic missions in Jerusalem, which is highly contested by the Israelis and Palestinians.
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A spokesman for the Transportation Department, Scott Gastel, said that there are "nearly 50 locations with such permanent bollards" around the city, but that they had mainly been installed by private entities, or diplomatic missions.
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The ambassador lodged a complaint with the British Foreign Office, saying the hunger strike was in breach of Article 22 of the Vienna Convention protecting the running of diplomatic missions, The Times of London reported.
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Unlike Russian diplomatic missions in the United States, which tend not to hire Americans, the United States employs hundreds of Russians at the embassy who do tasks like translation, processing visa applications, cooking and driving.
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Even though there had been multiple previous attacks against the diplomatic missions of other countries, and the U.S.'s own outpost in Benghazi, those requests were ignored leading up to the events of September 11th.
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Sources in diplomatic missions said most foreign envoys had yet to send congratulatory messages to Rajapaksa as it could be interpreted as legitimising the new government while there were still complaints his appointment was unconstitutional.
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" The letter also referenced findings by the State Department inspector general, who found in 2017 "that 33% of diplomatic missions failed to conduct the most basic cyber threat management practices, like regular reviews and audits.
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That is why retaliation and deterrence also matter—not, as in the cold war, through dirty tricks, but by linking American co-operation over, say, diplomatic missions, to Russia's conduct and, if need be, by sanctions.
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In addition to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Bahrain -- where a Sunni monarch rules over a predominantly Shiite nation -- also severed diplomatic ties with Iran on the heels of the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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Asseri said the coalition had requested all countries to supply it with coordinates of the location of their diplomatic missions and that accusations made on the basis of information provided by the Houthis "have no credibility".
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Each start-up won a $50,000 grant to develop a response for a task set by the Shin Bet, whose roles include counter-espionage, counter-terrorism and security for Israeli government officials and diplomatic missions abroad.
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Today the presence of a United Nations hub, including the U.N. nuclear watchdog, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) means many countries have an embassy to Austria plus two extra diplomatic missions.
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Mr. Richardson has traveled to North Korea several times over the years on diplomatic missions that have included securing the release of other Americans arrested by North Korea, which considers the United States its main enemy.
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We began to see strides in that direction in episode nine, but the Waterfords can't go on diplomatic missions to Canada every week, so they'll have to work out some other kind of long-term solution.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers condemned attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran and warned on Sunday that the country would face wider opposition if it continued its "interference" in the internal affairs of Arab states.
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Kim Jong Un's constant concern about being overthrown as leader of North Korea complicates any dealings with the reclusive nation over its nuclear missile program, said Bill Richardson, whose past diplomatic missions included negotiations with Pyongyang.
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RELATED: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: 'I intend to be here for the whole year' Other countries have taken additional steps, he noted, closing down North Korea's diplomatic missions in their countries and announcing unilateral sanctions.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of women in senior roles at Germany's foreign ministry has increased sharply in the past year, but they are still underrepresented in diplomatic missions overseas, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday.
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Germany shut its diplomatic missions and schools on Thursday, citing a specific threat, two days before a suicide bombing in Istanbul blamed on Islamic State militants killed four tourists, the fourth such attack this year in Turkey.
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Stepping up efforts to isolate autonomous Kurdish-held northern Iraq, whose people endorsed secession in a referendum on Monday that angered neighboring countries, Baghdad demanded that foreign governments close their diplomatic missions in the Kurdish capital Erbil.
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Saudi Arabia said last month it had suspended a $3 billion aid package for the Lebanese army in what an official called a response to Beirut's failure to condemn January attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Friday it suspended a $3 billion aid package for the Lebanese army in what a official called a response to Beirut's failure to condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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However, with high profile observers like former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry quickly backing the August 8 polls as relatively "free and fair," diplomatic missions must tread carefully in their ongoing support for Kenya's democratic process.
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If this presence, called an "interests section," cannot be established in 30 days, both diplomatic missions will cease activities, select a designee to represent their interests and vacate their embassies, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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Among those were the inability to staff its command center -- which "operates 24 hours a day to monitor and report information regarding threats against US diplomatic missions, the Secretary, and American citizens abroad" -- at the recommended levels.
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Even before the American leader put pen to paper last week, President Vladimir Putin of Russia fired back by demanding the removal of hundreds of Americans and Russians from the staffs at American diplomatic missions in Russia.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong protesters rallied outside diplomatic missions on Thursday to urge foreign governments to follow the United States and pass human rights bills to raise pressure on Beijing and support their pro-democracy campaign.
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"As for the other countries, everything will also be symmetrical in terms of the number of people from their diplomatic missions who will be leaving Russia, and for now that's pretty much it," said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - More than 10 people accused of storming Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran in January appeared in a Tehran court on Monday, Iranian news agencies reported, weeks after President Hassan Rouhani urged the judiciary to take action.
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ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - French diplomatic missions in Turkey's two main cities have shut until further notice and canceled planned events to mark France's July 14 National Day due to security concerns, the embassy in Ankara said on Wednesday.
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That support has become even more significant since Saudi Arabia canceled a $3 billion in aid to the army and security forces in February, angered at the government's failure to condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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Britain is already sounding out its allies about a co-ordinated expulsion of Russian intelligence officers based at diplomatic missions in the West, and visa bans on the many senior Russians with a background in the intelligence services.
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One official said the foreign ministry sent instructions to Turkish diplomatic missions around the world where those suspected of links to the plotters were thought to be working, ordering them back to Ankara as part of the investigations.
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Relations between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia have been plunged into crisis since Riyadh halted $3 billion in aid to the Lebanese army - a response to the Beirut government's failure to condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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" Earlier last week, the heads of a dozen diplomatic missions, including the American ambassador to Kenya, Robert F. Godec, posted a joint statement asking "Kenyans to come together to de-escalate the situation and to resolve their differences.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday it had summoned heads of diplomatic missions from 23 countries in a standoff with the West over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain.
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"This poisonous little racist tract is a headache for our diplomatic missions in Africa," Richard Helms of the C.I.A. told the Senate Judiciary Committee in June 1961 — a particular headache because the K.G.B. largely stuck to the facts.
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But about a year and a half into his tenure, Mr. Murphy was ensnared in a crisis that would embarrass American diplomatic missions around the world: the publication of a massive cache of State Department cables by WikiLeaks.
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While the workers did work at diplomatic missions, court papers say they were forced into "debt bondage contracts" and made to work on several outside projects, including at least two private homes, in Queens and on Long Island.
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While a complete VPN block is possible -- and has been implemented during certain sensitive periods -- the government usually avoids this as it would cause significant disruption to businesses and diplomatic missions, which rely on VPNs for secure communications.
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Both men appear to have been charged in part because of ties developed with former security officials in the course of their work — raising questions about the safety of all local employees of American diplomatic missions in Turkey.
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He dispatched a message to the country's diplomatic missions worldwide to explain that foreign policy will not change, before meeting with key ambassadors including the United States, China, Japan, Russia and the European Union to issue the same message.
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Wahid Mujro, spokesman for the Health Ministry, says 15 people were wounded in Tuesday&aposs blast, which took place in an area of the city called Wazir Akbar Khan that houses diplomatic missions, embassies and international non-government organizations.
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Accordingly, the United States does not consider former president Nicolas Maduro to have the legal authority to break diplomatic relations with the United States, declare our diplomats personae non grata or close Venezuelan diplomatic missions in the United States.
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Prosecutors are investigating whether Mr. Yang's Supreme Court used trials as political leverage to win favors from Ms. Park's government, such as support for creating a new appeals court and posting more judges to South Korea's overseas diplomatic missions.
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Russian officials may revoke U.S. diplomatic envoys' access to reserved parking spaces near the American embassy in Moscow as well as at diplomatic missions in other cities, according to a report in daily newspaper Kommersant on Monday citing unnamed sources.
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It is made up of two parts: 30% is based on polling data on countries' reputations abroad; the remainder relies on concrete statistics on variables such as diplomatic missions abroad, government foreign-aid budgets, memberships of multilateral organisations and so on.
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The moves by the Gulf Arab allies came after Saudi Arabia last week suspended aid worth $3 billion to the Lebanese army over the Beirut government's failure to sign up to statements condemning attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia used an attack on its embassy in Tehran as a pretext to fuel tensions, Iran's foreign ministry said on Monday in response to Riyadh's severing of relations, adding that Tehran was committed to protecting foreign diplomatic missions.
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Unlike the original order, which caused chaos at airports around the country, the new one allows travel by people from the listed countries who are legal residents, dual nationals, attending diplomatic missions, and have been granted refugee or asylum status.
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On Thursday, Trump's administration announced it would shut down Russian diplomatic missions in US cities, seemingly in response to an order from the Russian Foreign Ministry in July for Washington to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia by nearly half.
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The president says he does not want war, but at the same time he evacuates US diplomatic missions to Iraq, deploys bombers and aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf, and threatens in a belligerent tweet to "official[ly] end" Iran.
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The modern foreign service blends 18th and 19th century European traditions of diplomacy with American experiences as old as the diplomatic missions of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, and as recent as World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, and Iraq.
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" Israel was the main target, Blumenthal wrote, but "these sources believe that Hezbollah supporters have been instructed to also begin casing facilities associated with the United States and the United Kingdom, including diplomatic missions, major banks, and businesses in the region.
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Among those caught up in the shipping investigation are David Shimron, Mr. Netanyahu's personal lawyer and second cousin, and Yitzhak Molcho, Mr. Netanyahu's lifelong friend and close adviser, whom he has sent on his most delicate diplomatic missions since the 1990s.
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"We denounce the continuation of these outlawed actions that have the goal of weakening the Iraqi state and violating its sovereignty and the sanctity of diplomatic missions on its soil," Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi of Iraq said in a statement.
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In December, the administration of then US president Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats who it said were spies and blocked access to two leisure compounds in Maryland and Long Island that staff of Russia's diplomatic missions had been using.
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The "unceremonious" firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is "very concerning," especially in light of the upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Bill Richardson, whose past diplomatic missions included negotiations with Pyongyang.
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A letter sent to Indian diplomatic missions, trade and hospitality, and tourism offices on July 6 listed a series of safety initiatives taken since the fatal gang-rape of a student in New Delhi in December 2012 which triggered global outrage.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi Arabia said Friday that it was stopping payment on $4 billion worth of military aid and other support for the army and security services of Lebanon because the country did not condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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In an unusual step, Wu Yuliang, deputy head of the top graft watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), briefed representatives of 113 diplomatic missions and 13 international bodies on Thursday about efforts to fight graft, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
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Bahrain cut diplomatic relations with Iran in January, one day after Saudi Arabia severed ties with the Islamic Republic following attacks by demonstrators on its diplomatic missions in Tehran and Mashhad in response to Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric.
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"The role of the State Department is to support our diplomatic missions to avoid conflict, support American interests, and stand up for our allies, and having a leadership team in place is essential to carrying out those jobs," she said in a statement.
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State Department officials who briefed journalists on Tuesday on condition of anonymity said the rule change affected about 105 families of foreign envoys and employees in the United States — 55 with international organizations and the rest at embassies and other diplomatic missions.
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State Department officials decided to call back the American chiefs of diplomatic missions from El Salvador, the Dominican Republic and Panama over the "recent decisions to no longer recognize Taiwan," Heather Nauert, the department's spokeswoman, said in a statement early this month.
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The change in designation meant the companies would now need US government approval to buy or lease office space and will have to register personnel changes, including new hires and staff departures, with the State Department just as foreign diplomatic missions do.
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In Israel, where officials have lobbied countries for years to move their diplomatic missions to Jerusalem, which Israel claims as its capital, there is speculation a US announcement could be made as early as May 24 -- "Jerusalem Day" in Israel, a celebratory national holiday.
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Von Boeselager is a member of the German nobility and was responsible for the foreign policy and diplomatic missions of the Knights of Malta, which was formed in the 11th century to provide protection and medical care for Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land.
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In a new sign of regional tension spilling over into Lebanon, Saudi Arabia on Thursday suspended a military aid package to the Lebanese security forces in what an official said was a response to Beirut's failure to condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.
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On Friday, celebrations to mark Kim Il Sung's birth anniversary were held at a cultural centre in Dandong, attended by the city's senior Communist Party officials and North Korean envoys from Pyongyang, as well as from its diplomatic missions in Beijing and other Chinese cities.
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On Friday, celebrations to mark Kim Il Sung's birth anniversary were held at a cultural center in Dandong, attended by the city's senior Communist Party officials and North Korean envoys from Pyongyang, as well as from its diplomatic missions in Beijing and other Chinese cities.
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Richard Valeriani, an NBC News correspondent who was a familiar presence on television for more than three decades, covering events like the civil rights movement, John F. Kennedy's assassination and Henry A. Kissinger's globe-trotting diplomatic missions, died on Monday at his home in Manhattan.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Swiss Embassy in Sri Lanka said that the safety of diplomatic missions is the responsibility of the host state, days after a local staffer who complained of being assaulted was released on bail while being investigated for maligning the government.
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She said it had been brought on by Ali's exposure to pesticides and other toxic chemicals at his training camp in Deer Lake, Pa. After retiring from the ring, Ali made speeches emphasizing spirituality, peace and tolerance, and undertook quasi-diplomatic missions to Africa and Iraq.
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The U.S. embassy said that despite its move it remained deeply concerned over the detention of two of its locally employed staff at diplomatic missions in Turkey, and the fate of U.S. citizens arrested under a state of emergency in force since a failed coup last year.
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Protesters clashed throughout the day with police officers in Islamabad, the country's capital, marching on the main avenues of the city and trying to force their way into the city's "red zone," a high-security area that includes the Parliament, the Supreme Court and many diplomatic missions.
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They now say that Mr. Yang's Supreme Court used trials, including those involving victims of forced labor, as political leverage to win favors from Ms. Park's government, such as support for creating a new appeals court and posting more judges to South Korea's overseas diplomatic missions.
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"As friends of Myanmar, we are deeply concerned by the humanitarian situation" in the northern part of Rakhine, the diplomatic missions of Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States said in the statement on Friday.
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The Washington Post reported Saturday that diplomatic missions in Seoul, South Korea, and Chennai, India, sent out a press release and a video advertising the flag hanging outside their respective buildings, while the U.S. embassy in New Delhi updated its Twitter cover photo showing a rainbow projected on it.
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The proposed slashing of the international affairs budget—the accounts that support diplomatic missions, defense of our allies, economic and cultural ties, global health and education, and disaster relief—to its lowest share of GDP in our history would compromise American safety and security and handicap us economically.
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He reached a new low last year by falsely implicating Washington in a failed coup and using a post-coup roundup of alleged enemies to jail about a dozen Americans, some Turks who work at American diplomatic missions in Turkey, foreign nationals and more than 50,000 other Turks.
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When South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, held his first summit meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, on April 27, they agreed to establish a joint liaison office — a potential first step toward building formal diplomatic missions — in the North Korean border town of Kaesong.
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Tit-for-tat reprisals by the two countries, which included an order that American diplomatic missions in Russia slash their staff by 755 people, have hit pro-Western Russians hard because, unlike many in Mr. Putin's base, they travel to America and have personal and professional contacts there.
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The decision was triggered by the scathing statements that Iran's highest political and religious authorities issued following Saudi Arabia's execution of forty seven people it had accused of committing terrorism-related crimes, including a controversial Shia cleric, and in response to the violent protests that erupted in Iran against Saudi Arabia's diplomatic missions.
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Last year Archbishop Carlo Viganò, the former papal nuncio (ambassador) in America, claimed that Francis had lifted restrictions that his predecessor, Benedict XVI, had imposed on the American prelate and entrusted him with a string of important diplomatic missions, despite having been told that he was a serial seducer of seminarians under his authority.
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Washington (CNN)While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were billed primarily as diplomatic missions, the face-to-face encounters have also served as valuable intelligence gathering opportunities that are helping shape US officials' understanding of the reclusive dictator and guide ongoing talks between the two countries.
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" Officials from the European Union, the United Nations and the French military mission in Mali were at the resort this weekend, according to the AP. The State Department warned earlier this month of "a possible increased threat of attacks against Western diplomatic missions, places of worship, and other locations in Bamako where Westerners frequent.
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Another example took place last January when the Israeli ambassador to Cairo, David Govrin, submitted an official protest to the Egyptian government that out of all diplomatic missions that being briefed by the Egyptian foreign ministry on the situation in Sinai, Israeli representatives were not invited, despite the countries' two militaries cooperating closely to fight ISIS.
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Passage of the bill prompted Russia to retaliate by cutting US diplomatic missions by 755 people, which Moscow announced Friday -- an in-kind response to penalties that would be codified by the legislation, including the ejection of Russian diplomatic staff and closure of two Russian compounds in the US, for its alleged meddling in last year's election and aggression in Ukraine.
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With the exception of an appearance she made shortly before last year's midterm elections on behalf of congressional candidate Mark Harris (the North Carolina Republican later abandoned his effort to win the seat after revelations that his campaign had become entangled in a voter fraud operation), Pence has mostly traveled with her husband on his diplomatic missions and domestic trade tours.
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JERUSALEM — The corruption investigations closing in on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel had caught up his wife, his personal lawyer, a former chief of staff and other close confidants — nearly all of them, it seemed, save one: Yitzhak Molho, the lifelong friend Mr. Netanyahu has relied upon to negotiate with the Palestinians, sent on secret diplomatic missions and turned to on sensitive matters since the 1990s.
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