OTTAWA—Global Affairs Canada says it is temporarily withdrawing non-essential staff from the Canadian embassy in Haiti. The move comes in response to a spike in gang-related violence in Haiti and a severe lack of fuel that has affected hospitals, schools and banks. The government says the embassy in Port-au-Prince does remain open, but all Canadians…
Canada Withdrawing Non Essential Staff From Haitian Embassy Amid Security Concerns
Israel Suggests US Open Consulate for Palestinians in West Bank, Not Jerusalem
JERUSALEM—Israel stepped up its public opposition on Saturday to a plan by President Joe Biden’s administration to reopen a U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem, suggesting such a mission should be in the occupied West Bank. Under former President Donald Trump, Washington closed the Jerusalem consulate and placed its staff within the U.S. Embassy to…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Says UK’s Johnson Sought ‘Emergency’ Food Deal, British Embassy Differs
BRASILIA—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whom he met this week in New York, asked him for an “emergency” agreement to supply a food product that is lacking in Britain. Bolsonaro, speaking on his weekly webcast to supporters, did not name the product, but said he had passed…
US Restates ‘Ironclad Support’ as Lithuania Faces Challenges, Including From Beijing
The United States reiterated its “ironclad support” to Lithuania on Sept. 15, as the Baltic nation resists coercion from Beijing due to its deepening relations with Taiwan. The United States renewed its commitment to stand with Lithuania in the face of numerous challenges during a meeting between Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Lithuanian…
Documents Identifying Afghan Staff Left at British Embassy in Kabul
Documents with contact information of some Afghans who worked for British authorities were found lying on the ground in the abandoned UK Embassy compound in Kabul, left by Foreign Office staff as the Taliban advanced. The discovery was made on Aug. 24 by a journalist from The Times of London during a tour through the…
Gunman Kills Four in Attack Near French Embassy in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM—A gunman killed three police officers and a private security guard on a rampage through a diplomatic quarter of Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, before being shot dead while holed up in a guardhouse at the French embassy’s gate. Videos on the internet, apparently filmed by onlookers from buildings across…
Japan Closes Embassy in Afghanistan
TOKYO—Japan has closed its embassy in Kabul due to the worsening security situation in Afghanistan and the last remaining twelve embassy personnel had left the country, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The Taliban took control of Kabul without a fight on Sunday, rounding off a dramatic week of advances across Afghanistan. “Due to the…
Cuban Embassy in Paris Attacked With Petrol Bombs, France Beefs up Security
PARIS—Cuba’s embassy in Paris said on Tuesday it had been attacked overnight with petrol bombs that caused some damage but no injuries to its staff, in an incident that prompted French authorities to beef up security around the building. Three petrol bombs were thrown by two unnamed individuals, causing a fire on the facade and…
Canada to Resettle Afghans Who Worked With Military, Embassy
OTTAWA — The federal government responded to weeks of pressure from Canadian veterans on Friday by announcing that it will fast-track the resettlement of potentially thousands of Afghans who have worked with Canada at different times over the past 20 years. Yet the trio of cabinet ministers on hand to announce the new measures were…
Biden: US Will Protect Haiti Embassy, Won’t Send Troops
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week’s assassination of that country’s president, but sending American troops to stabilize the country was “not on the agenda.” Haiti’s interim government last week asked the U.S. and the United Nations to deploy troops to protect key…
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