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The State Department has its own 'special agents' to protect diplomats under fire
The Diplomatic Security Service is little-known but has a long reach, with offices in 29 US cities…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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While the White House mulls sending special operators to guard diplomats in Ukraine, the State Department's own 'special agents' are already on the job
The US is reportedly considering sending special operators to guard the embassy in Kyiv, but the Di…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The State Department has asked families of US diplomats to leave Ukraine amidst escalating fears of Russian invasion
A Sunday memo from the State Department warned that security conditions in the region are "unpredic…
Morgan Keith
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North Korea severs diplomatic ties with Malaysia
The Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency said Mun Chol-myong, the Malaysia-based North Korean business…
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US Revokes Syrian Diplomat's Visa Due To Regime's 'Continuing Assault On Its Own People'
Although the US embassy in Damascus has been shuttered due to the fierce fighting in the country as…
Agence France Presse
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Ukraine's President Zelenskyy has fired 5 of his ambassadors to Germany and other countries, citing 'diplomatic process'
President Zelenskyy fired the envoys, to Germany, India, the Czech Republic, Norway, and Hungary, c…
Bethany Dawson
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Wild Photos Show Israel Defense Forces Manhandling Diplomats In The West Bank
The Israeli Defense Force claims that their anti-riot tactics were in response to a hail of stones …
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Key holdouts at a Ukrainian diplomatic summit are proof that Putin's diplomatic playbook is working
Russia has used oil and diplomacy to undercut Ukraine's support, even among US allies.
Tom Porter
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With crises brewing around the world, the US's diplomatic 'special agents' are sharpening old skills and learning some new ones
US diplomats and the special agents assigned to protect them are confronting new challenges as geop…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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As fighting rages in Ukraine, Europeans are trying to root out Russian spies
European countries have expelled hundreds of Russians from diplomatic posts since March, the latest…
Constantine Atlamazoglou
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EU diplomats say they barely considered letting US residents in for Europe's reopening: The country 'was never going to make it'
Three EU diplomats told NBC News that US coronavirus cases were too high for residents be properly …
Ashley Collman
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Russian diplomats flew to Mali and Syria hours after Prigozhin announced his failed Wagner rebellion, assuring leaders the Kremlin was in charge
Kremlin diplomats personally reassured Syrian president Bashar al-Assad that Wagner would continue …
Azmi Haroun
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Saudi Arabia and Thailand restored diplomatic ties 33 years after 4 Saudis were killed trying to recover $20 million in royal diamonds stolen by a Thai cleaner
Three Saudi diplomats and one businessman sent to Bangkok in 1989 to recover the diamonds were kill…
Bill Bostock
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Diplomat arrested in New York dodges rape charge due to immunity: reports
The South Sudanese ambassador to the UN was arrested on suspicion of rape but was set free after po…
Matthew Loh
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The US accused China of forcing American diplomats to take anal swab tests for COVID-19
A State Department representative told Vice the US complained to China after learning some diplomat…
Sinéad Baker
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I was an American diplomat for 12 years, traveling and immersing myself in cultures around the world. Here's what you can learn from diplomats when you're traveling
If you're traveling the world, you might want to take a few pointers from professional travelers: d…
Brett Bruen
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US is expected to join several other countries in 'diplomatic' boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: report
The diplomatic boycott will still allow for US athletes to participate in the Winter Games, but US …