After Myanmar’s military seized power, its ambassador to Britain had called for the release of political leaders who were detained in the coup.
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Myanmar Envoy Who Critiqued Coup Is Locked Out of London Embassy
After Myanmar’s military seized power, its ambassador to Britain had called for the release of political leaders who were detained in the coup.
For the First Time, a North Korean Is Set to Be Extradited to the U.S.
Malaysia’s agreement to extradite the man is a victory in Washington’s efforts to crack down on what it has called sanctions-evading activities by North Koreans.
After Coup in Myanmar, a Career Diplomat Takes a Stand
At the United Nations, U Kyaw Moe Tun declared his new military masters illegitimate. They fired him, but he has no intention of leaving.
U.N. Says 38 Are Killed in Myanmar in ‘Bloodiest Day’ Since Coup Began
As the military’s crackdown against demonstrators grows more deadly, the U.N.’s special representative for the country said the junta had rejected her requests to visit.
North Korea’s borders are closed, but Russia says some of its citizens found a way out by trolley.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said some of its citizens, including a diplomat and his 3-year-old, had left North Korea on a hand-pushed railroad trolley.
On the Front Lines of Diplomacy, but at the Back of the Line for a Vaccine
State Department officials overseas expressed anger and disappointment that diplomats in Washington were being vaccinated before those in more perilous posts.
Italy Mourns an Ambassador and His Bodyguard, Killed in Congo
The killings sparked deep emotions and outrage in Italy, which has been under strain from both the pandemic and political turmoil.
Italian Ambassador Among Three Killed in Attack on U.N. Convoy in Congo
The attack, on a World Food Program convoy headed to a school in North Kivu Province, left the ambassador, Luca Attanasio, an Italian embassy official and a driver dead.
In a Dangerous Game of Cat and Mouse, Iran Eyes New Targets in Africa
Fifteen people arrested in Ethiopia were part of what American and Israeli officials said was a foiled Iranian plot against diplomats from the United Arab Emirates.