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The State Department's internal watchdog called Thursday for officials to demand a rebate of more than $132 million from a company that built the massive new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to make up for shoddy work.
Honduras' deposed leader is sleeping on an air mattress. His "roommates" have not bathed, shaved or changed their clothes in three days. Tap water is scarce and dinner is limited to dry biscuits or rice and beans.
The U.S. Embassy and other American offices in South Africa are expected to reopen Friday after being closed for two days because of unspecified security concerns.
A top executive of the private security contractor hired to protect the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan was informed in July 2008 of alleged illegal and immoral conduct by guards, attorneys for a whistleblower suing the company said Friday.
Photos showing private security guards in various stages of nudity at drunken parties may be as damaging to U.S. interests in Afghanistan as images of detainee mistreatment at Abu Ghraib were in Iraq, members of an independent panel investigating wartime spending said Monday.
America's plans to bring in hundreds more staff and expand its embassy compound in Pakistan have given rise to a slew of conspiracy theories in a population already teeming with anti-U.S. sentiment.
Eight security guards at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan were fired and two resigned following allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters.
A wide-ranging State Department inquiry into allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct among the private security contractors guarding the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan could lead to the termination of the company's $189 million contract, a department spokesman said Wednesday.
Guards hired by the State Department to protect diplomats and staff at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan live and work in a "Lord of the Flies" environment in which they are subjected to hazing and other inappropriate behavior by supervisors, a government oversight group charged Tuesday.
Angry demonstrators broke into the Iranian Embassy outside Stockholm on Friday, climbing in through shattered windows and injuring one embassy worker, police said.
The U.S. Embassy in Berlin says a German contractor apparently has committed suicide inside the embassy building.
The Obama administration has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 30 years ago.
The drug war. Immigration reform. Escalating violence along the border. As if Hillary Clinton didn't have enough to worry about on her first visit to Mexico as secretary of state, now some leading leftists are accusing the United States of stealing a city street in the nation's capital.
The British Embassy in Israel has canceled plans to relocate to new offices because one of the owners is believed to be involved in building Jewish settlements in the West Bank, an official said on Wednesday.
Three Chinese men in a car rammed a gate at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing in late January, but little damage was caused and the incident is being investigated, an embassy spokesman said Friday.
A former cashier at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $800,000 from the State Department.
Gunmen in a car exchanged fire Monday with police at a checkpoint near the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital, hours after the embassy received threats of a possible attack, Yemeni and American officials said.
The U.S. Embassy in Yemen received a threat about a potential attack on its compound, an American official said Monday, triggering heightened security measures in the capital, San'a.
Construction workers accidentally unearthed about 100 bombs from World War II in the U.S. Embassy compound in the Philippine capital, but the explosives posed no immediate danger, police said Saturday.
Police have arrested an American accused of being behind a hoax phone call that prompted the brief closure of the U.S. consulate in Dubai over security concerns, a newspaper reported Friday.
President Hugo Chavez said Saturday he may expel a top U.S. Embassy official for allegedly plotting against his government from Puerto Rico.
Having decided to vacate the aging and stodgy U.S. Embassy in London, the State Department is looking upmarket and modern for a firm to design the nation's new diplomatic post in the British capital.
Cyprus' Fire Service says its crews have removed a suspicious package from U.S. Embassy grounds in the capital.
The U.S. Embassy said it received a suspicious envelope Wednesday but Spanish police said they believed it was a hoax.
BBC NEWS | Europe | 'Al-Qaeda-link' Cern worker heldFrance has arrested a researcher at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) for suspected links with al-Qaeda, officials have said. The 32-year-old man of Algerian descent was one of two brothers detained in the south-east town of Vienne on Thursday.
NEW: The trip to Honduras is over Link OLD: What Illinois representative is attempting: U.S. Rep. Roskam's Honduras stance reinforced OLD: UPDATE Report On Visit Music: The Tide Is High LINK No connection to Honduras The situation in Honduras is heating up.
Embassy Scandal: A New Abu Ghraib? Will ArmorGroup's embassy scandal inflame the Muslim world in the same way Abu Ghraib did? Members of the Commission on Wartime Contracting, the independent panel established to probe contracting issues in Iraq and Afghanistan, certainly see parallels between the infamous photogr …
Canada to set off bombs in Washington DCThe Canadian government will set off several fake bombs at its Washington embassy compound this month to demonstrate its NATO combat role in Afghanistan.
A foreign diplomat who often criticized American policy once observed a United States Marine perform the evening colors ceremony. The diplomat wrote about this simple but solemn ceremony in a letter to his country.
Report: Big cuts needed at huge Baghdad embassy that Bush builtThe U.S. Embassy in Iraq, the government's largest overseas diplomatic mission, is significantly overstaffed and needs to be downsized to reflect the reduced American role in the country, according to a new State Department report.
Unity in Diversity: Liberia's 162nd Independence Anniversary'Family Program - Unity in Diversity: Liberia's 162nd Independence Anniversary Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:30 AM - 8:00 PM Location: Embassy of the Republic of Liberia Celebrate Liberia's 162nd Independence Day with a cultural extravaganza for the whole family!
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Security Advisory The U.S. Consulate in Munich advises American citizens to avoid public gathering places, particularly restaurants, bars and discos frequented by American citizens, in the area of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria during the July 4th weekend.
Iran Cleric Says British Embassy Staff to Stand Trial PARIS — Brushing aside British and European efforts to seek the release of local British Embassy staff members held in Tehran, the Iranian authorities indicated Friday that they planned to put some of them on trial — a move that deepened a diplomatic crisis and could provoke …
Iran arrests British embassy staff for "role in riots"Iran has arrested eight local British embassy staff, triggering London's fury on Sunday and further exacerbating tensions with the West over the post-election turmoil in the Islamic republic.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the West: "You're gonna be sorry..."Iranian "President" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that he would use his second term as President to make the West "regret meddling" in Iranian affairs. He underscored the point by detaining eight British embassy staff, only some of whom have since been released.
Protesters break into Iranian embassy in Sweden Protesters broke in Iran's Embassy in Stockholm Friday to protest against Iranian leaders, police said.
Iraq Redux? Obama Seeks Funds for Pakistan Super-EmbassyThe U.S. is embarking on a $1 billion crash program to expand its diplomatic presence in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, another sign that the Obama administration is making a costly, long-term commitment to war-torn South Asia, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
Gay pride night at Baghdaddy's!Change has certainly come to Baghdad. And it appears that includes the U.S. Embassy, where they are holding what the invitation says is the first-ever U.S. Embassy Gay Pride Theme Party next Friday at Baghdaddy's, which is the embassy employee association's pub.
Obama administration recently asked a federal judge to throw out a $6.6-billion class-action lawsuit against Iran filed by 52 American diplomats and military officials held hostage for more than a year at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 30 years agoThe request was made in a $6.6 billion class-action lawsuit filed in US District Court in Washington.
Five die in Kabul suicide attackA suicide car bomber has struck in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing four civilians and an American soldier. Nearly 20 others were injured in the blast near a US base and the German embassy. A number of German nationals are said to be among the wounded.
Syrian Embassy In Hamra. Bold Or Clumsy? The Syrians are in for a wild ride with their choice of embassy location. But Hamra could also provide rewards to Damascus.
Iraqis take control of Baghdad's 'Green Zone'BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military formally handed authority over Baghdad's "Green Zone" to Iraqis on Thursday as new pacts governing the mission of international troops replaced a U.N. mandate.
In Nearly Four Decades, First U.S. Ambassador Arrives in Libya Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who has ruled Libya for almost four decades now was at one time an avowed enemy of the U.S., but after the demise of the Soviet Union reformed himself and adopted an appeasement policy.
US Jews urge Obama to move embassy to JerusalemMembers of US Jewish Orthodox Union gather in Jerusalem near site earmarked by US to serve as its embassy in capital, call on president-elect to 'show support for Israel by moving the embassy here
U.S. Office in Tehran?So, according to Bush they're part of the "Axis of Evil", a state sponsor of terrorism and to talk to them would be "appeasement" and sanctions are to be stricter....but the US is going to open an office in the Swiss Embassy in Iran??? This administration makes my brain hurt.
why am I here? Am I asking, am I telling? There is a TO DO list for the president elect, and you just pop a bubble, and I popped the one about GITMO. Then I felt as if I should go to newsvine.com because I was instructed to do that if there was more to say.
Scandal of six held in Guantanamo even after Bush plot claim is droppedIn the dying days of the Bush administration, yet another presidential claim in the "war on terror" has been proved false by the withdrawal of the main charge against six Algerians held without trial for nearly seven years at Guantanamo prison camp.
Demonstrations prompt closure of U.S. Embassy in SyriaWhy does the US have an embassy in a terrorist country like Syria.
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