Category: U.S. consulate

US Ex-Pat Charged With Threatening to Kill Sen. Thom Tillis, Marines

A U.S. citizen who has been living abroad in Thailand was arrested at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport last week in connection with threats made to assault and murder Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis nearly two years ago. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had arrested and charged Eric Charles…


4 Killed Including 2 US Consulate Staff in Nigeria Convoy Ambush

Gunmen opened fire on a group of vehicles traveling through southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing four people, including two U.S. consulate employees and two local police officers. Tochukwu Ikenga, a police spokesman in the Nigerian state of Anambra, announced that the attack took place along a major road in the Ogbaru local government. He said…


US Tells Non-Essential Diplomatic Staff to Leave Shanghai as Lockdowns Drag On

The U.S. State Department has told all non-essential consular staff that they must leave the Chinese city of Shanghai, as China sticks to its inflexible policies in attempting to squash its COVID-19 outbreaks. The April 11 announcement is an update from last week when Washington authorized non-emergency workers to depart U.S. Consulate General Shanghai on a…


To Open a Palestinian Consulate in Jerusalem Would Ignore Thousands of Years of History

Commentary The Biden State Department is seeking to create a consulate in Jerusalem that would serve only “Palestinians.” There are two possible explanations. One, the Biden administration has forgotten several thousand years of history. Two, they are aware of that history, but aim to sever the connection of the Jewish people to their ancient capital…