Tag: Diplomacy
Biden’s virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch
WASHINGTON — There will be no hands to shake or backs to slap, no way to look a foreign leader in the eye. The...
Afghanistan withdrawal draws concerns over abducted American
WASHINGTON — As the U.S. moves to withdraw its military from Afghanistan over the next five months, concerns are growing about one American who...
Russia expels 2 Bulgarian diplomats in tit-for-tat move
MOSCOW — Russia on Tuesday ordered two Bulgarian diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours, a move that comes a month after Bulgaria...
Negotiators see signs of progress in Iran nuclear talks
BERLIN — Diplomats working in Vienna on a solution to bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran and world powers...
Also roaring back from pandemic; earth warming emissions
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Global warming emissions are expected to spike this year as the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic and economies begin...
Turkey summons Swedish envoy over contacts with Syrian Kurds
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey summoned Sweden's ambassador on Tuesday to protest Swedish government officials’ contacts with Syrian Kurdish groups that Ankara classifies as terror...
General says Afghan withdrawal will make terror fight harder
WASHINGTON — In a blunt assessment Tuesday, the top U.S. general for the Middle East told Congress it will be extremely difficult but not...
Radical Islamist party frees 11 Pakistani police hostages
LAHORE, Pakistan — An outlawed Pakistani Islamist political group freed 11 policemen almost a day after taking them hostage in the eastern city of...
Radical Islamist party frees 11 Pakistani police hostages
LAHORE, Pakistan — An outlawed Pakistani Islamist political group freed 11 policemen almost a day after taking them hostage in the eastern city of...
Former UN leader presses for ‘strong action’ on Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world body and Southeast Asian countries Monday to take swift and strong action to...
