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France reopens Embassy in Libya after 7 yrs
The oil-rich country has become a proxy battleground for rival forces and foreign powers.
March 30, 2021 -
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Netanyahu thanks Trump for scheduling embassy relocation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked US President Donald Trump for deciding to move the US embassy to Jerusalem on May 14, Israel’s Independence Day. Netanyahu on Sunday said this will be “a great moment for the citizens of Israel, and this is a historic moment for the state of Israel”, Xinhua news agency …
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February 26, 2018 -
Swastikas drawn on Polish embassy in Israel
Swastikas were drawn on the gates of Poland’s embassy in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv, a day after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Jews were among perpetrators of the Holocaust, the media reported. The Tel Aviv police have launched an inquiry after profanities and the word “murderer” were also discovered on Sunday, reports the …
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February 19, 2018 -
UAE Embassy in India launches new mobile app for its nationals
The UAE Embassy in India has launched a new mobile app aimed at helping its nationals visiting India and also Indians visiting that country, the Gulf nation’s Ambassador to India Ahmed Albanna said on Tuesday. Addressing the media here, Albanna said that the mission was trying to offer its various services electronically and the new …
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December 5, 2017 -
Iranians hold rallies to mark US Embassy takeover
Iranians have taken to the streets across the nation to commemorate the anniversary of the takeover of the American embassy in Tehran 38 years ago. On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian university students took over the US diplomatic mission, which they believed had turned into a centre of espionage aimed at overthrowing the …
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November 4, 2017 -
Hajj pilgrimage: Saudi Arabia denies warming of relations with Iran
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has denied any warming of relations with regional rival Iran after Tehran thanked Riyadh for its handling of the annual hajj pilgrimage. “If Iran wants to have good relations with Saudi Arabia, it has to change its policies. It has to respect international law,” Jubeir told a press conference in …
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September 6, 2017 -
Russia summons American diplomat, protest search op at trade annex in US
The US deputy chief of mission in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry and given a note of protest over American authorities launching a search operation in the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in Washington. The Foreign Ministry note on Saturday vehemently protested what it called an “illegitimate search without the presence …
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September 3, 2017 -
Pakistani embassy staff held by Afghan intelligence
Two staffers at the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul were detained by the National Directorate of Security (NDS), the intelligence agency of Afghanistan, under unclear circumstances, the media reported on Thursday. The two men, Hassan Khanzada and Syed Munir Shah, were at a market when they were picked up by NDS members and taken to one …
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May 18, 2017