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Russia outraged by US fraud charges against diplomats
Russia voiced outrage Friday at charges in the United States against 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their wives over a $1.5 million fraud, saying it could not understand why the US had gone public with the allegations.
07 December 2013
Senior Dutch diplomat beaten up in Russia: official
A senior Dutch diplomat at the Netherlands embassy in Moscow was beaten up at his home in the Russian capital by unknown individuals who scrawled the letters "LGBT" on a mirror.
17 October 2013
UN names envoy for Syria chemical weapons
The head of the United Nations on Sunday named Sigrid Kaag to lead the UN's joint mission with the chemical weapons watchdog tasked with eliminating Syria's arsenal.
14 October 2013
Maduro warns US all its diplomats could be thrown out
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro lashed out at the United States anew Wednesday, warning after he expelled three US diplomats in Caracas that the rest could be next.
03 October 2013
Venezuela says US has expelled its charge d'affaires
The United States has expelled Venezuela's charge d'affaires in Washington and two other diplomats in reprisal for the expulsion of three American diplomats from Caracas.
02 October 2013
Yankees go home, get out of Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro
President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of the top US diplomat in Venezuela and two other embassy officials, accusing them of plotting acts of sabotage with the opposition.
01 October 2013
French ambassador leaves Kazakhstan
The Ambassador of France Jean-Charles Berthonnet has completed his diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan.
03 September 2013
Brazil's top diplomat resigns over row with Bolivia
Brazil's foreign minister resigned Monday over soaring tensions with La Paz after Brazilian diplomats spirited away a Bolivian opposition senator wanted for corruption.
27 August 2013
US diplomatic security accused in sex, drugs cover-up
A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security officials tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats.
11 June 2013
Children of Ablyazov and Khrapunov among UN mission's councellors in Central Africa
Ilyas Khrapunov, and his wife Madina Khrapunova turned out to be on the diplomatic list of the permanent UN diplomatic mission in Africa.
07 June 2013
Kazakhstan diplomat awarded with Knight's Cross
The Knight’s Cross was awarded to Minister-Counselor Rymtay Karibzhanov in the residency of the ambassador of Hungary in Astana.
27 May 2013
Japanese diplomat gets year in jail for wife abuse
A Japanese diplomat based in California and charged with abusing his wife has been sentenced to a year in jail and will start serving it in May.
19 March 2013
Clinton says goodbye in global TV interview
Despite being grounded on doctor's orders after a bout of ill health, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday took a virtual round-the-world trip to say a final farewell.
30 January 2013
Veteran US diplomat takes charge in Libya
A month after the killing of US ambassador Chris Stevens, Washington said Thursday it has brought a veteran diplomat out of retirement to head up its Libya team vowing to help build the new democracy.
14 October 2012
Western missions under siege as Muslim riots spread
Thousands of Pakistanis attempted to storm Islamabad's diplomatic enclave on Thursday, as anger mounted across the Muslim world over perceived Western insults to the Prophet Mohammed.
21 September 2012
Romney: Middle East needs US leadership
Mitt Romney paid tribute Thursday to four American diplomats killed in Libya, insisting that US power was vital in the Middle East, but he halted his criticism of President Barack Obama's handling of the crisis.
16 September 2012
PHOTO: Kazakhstan-German fashion show held in Astana
Kazakhstan-German fashion show was timed to the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan-German diplomatic relationships.
12 September 2012
Can a splash of color change image of Republicans?
A black former top diplomat, a Cuban-born senator, an Indian-American governor -- the speakers list for next week's Republican National Convention reads like a conservative Rainbow Coalition.
26 August 2012
Mexico police shoot at US embassy car
Mexican federal police shot at a US diplomatic car as they chased criminals south of Mexico City on Friday, in a chaotic incident that left two US embassy employees wounded.
25 August 2012
PHOTO: Diplomats became blood donors in Astana
The ambassadors of Serbia, Sweden and France to Kazakhstan became voluntary blood donors at The Scientific and Production Center of Transfusiology in Astana.
20 June 2012