KHARTOUM, Sudan—The U.S. military airlifted embassy officials out of Sudan on Sunday and international governments raced to evacuate their diplomatic staff and citizens trapped in the capital as rival generals battled for control of Africa’s third-largest country for a ninth day. Fighting raged in Omdurman, the city across the Nile from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, residents…
Norway Expels 15 Russian Diplomats Suspected of Spying
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Norway’s government said Thursday that it was expelling 15 Russian diplomats from the country, saying they were suspected of spying while working at the Russian Embassy in Oslo. Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said the move was “an important measure to counter and reduce the scope of Russian intelligence activities in Norway, and thereby secure…
Austria Expels 4 Russian Diplomats Based in Vienna
VIENNA—Austria’s government said Thursday that it has ordered four Russian diplomats based in Vienna, including two at Moscow’s mission to U.N. agencies in the city, to leave the country. The Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement that two diplomats at the Russian Embassy had “engaged in acts incompatible with their diplomatic status” and two…
Japan, US, South Korea Reaffirm Joint Response to North Korea Threat
TOKYO—Diplomats from the United States, Japan and South Korea reaffirmed their commitment on Wednesday to working together in response to any threat from North Korea, including a possible new nuclear test. The three senior diplomats in charge of North Korean affairs also underscored their efforts to strengthen their security partnership. Japan and South Korea acknowledge…
Capitol Report (Aug. 30): Trump Special Master Request Faces Hurdles; Taiwan Fires at Chinese Drone
August 30, 2022
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The Justice Department filed an unusual and lengthy response to former President Donald Trump’s special master request. A security law group gave the judge a list of candidates for the role, but none of them seem to like the former president. President Joe Biden weighs in for the first time on the fallout from the…
US Accuses China of Endangering Diplomats by Fabricating Quotes About Xinjiang
June 10, 2022
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The U.S. Embassy to China accused the Chinese communist regime on June 7 of putting two diplomats in danger by attributing fake quotes to them about the human rights abuses of Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang. On June 5, a social media user named Buyidao, who is associated with Chinese state media Global Times, posted that…
Russia Expels US Diplomats in Retaliatory Move Amid Ukraine Invasion
March 23, 2022
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Moscow on Wednesday announced that it will expel U.S. diplomats from Russia. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the U.S. embassy in Moscow was handed a list of its diplomats that were declared “persona non grata.” Persona non grata means “an unwelcome person.” “On March 23, a note with the list of the American diplomats…
Canada Withdrawing Diplomats’ Families From Ukraine
OTTAWA—Canada said on Tuesday it is temporarily withdrawing the families of its diplomats in Ukraine because of the Russian military build-up on the borders of the Eastern European country. The U.S. State Department announced on Sunday it was ordering diplomats’ family members to leave Ukraine, saying military action by Russia could come at any time. “Due to the ongoing…
Russia Says US Asked 24 of Its Diplomats to Leave by Sept. 3
MOSCOW—Russia’s ambassador to the United States said Washington had asked 24 Russian diplomats to leave the country by Sept. 3 after their visas expire, heightening tensions between the two countries. In an interview with the National Interest magazine published on Sunday, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov did not say whether the U.S. action was prompted by a…
Russia Expels Diplomats From Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
Russia on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of seven diplomats from Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, in retaliation for the expulsion of Russian envoys in the wake of Czech accusations that Russian intelligence was behind a deadly 2014 blast. Moscow and Prague are locked in their biggest row since the end of the Communist era in…
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