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The trial of a Swedish EU diplomat wrapped up in Tehran on Sunday, with Iranian prosecutors seeking the maximum penalty for the man accused of spying for Israel. The prosecutor said that 33-year-old Johan Floderus — who works for the EU…
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China, Japan and South Korea need to send a clear signal of regrouping toward cooperation, and resist “the coercion of bullying and domination,” China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, said on Monday, in an apparent swipe at the US. The remarks…
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China said on Tuesday it was expelling Canada’s consul in Shanghai in a tit-for-tat move, after Ottawa said it was sending home a Chinese diplomat accused of trying to intimidate a Canadian lawmaker critical of Beijing. “China decides to…
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Iran has expelled four Azerbaijani diplomats a month after a similar move by Baku highlighted a deterioration of relations between the neighbors, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Friday. IRNA did not give further details of…
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American embassy staffers were airlifted from Sudan early Sunday, as forces loyal to rival generals battled for control of Africa’s third-largest nation for a ninth day amid fading hopes for deescalation. The warring sides said they were…
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Saudi Arabia's top diplomat is due to arrive in Damascus on Tuesday on the first visit by a Saudi official since the start of Syria's civil war, Syria's information ministry said. Recent months have seen increasing Arab engagement with…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrested several foreign diplomats including a Briton, accusing them of “spying,” the Fars news agency and state television said Wednesday. “The Revolutionary Guards’ intelligence service identified and…
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A Moscow court has sentenced a former US diplomat to 14 years in prison for “large-scale” cannabis smuggling, the latest American to be caught up in Russia’s legal system. Russia and the United States regularly clash over the detention…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel Sunday for a “historic” meeting with Arab countries which have normalized relations with the Jewish state in the US-brokered Abraham Accords. Blinken, who arrived in Tel Aviv Saturday…
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The United States should formally recognize Taiwan as a country, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday during a speech in Taipei. “The United States government should immediately take necessary and long overdue steps to do…
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