WikiLeaks: Defence Minister Bansi Lal pledged loyalty to Indira Gandhi, not her office
Apr 9, 2013
2 killed in blast near US embassy in Turkey
Feb 1, 2013
Islamabad police clashes with thousands of anti-Islam film protestors
Sep 20, 2012
Libya attack fallout: Has American policy backfired?
Sep 13, 2012
US diplomat, accused of spying, leaves Russia
Associated Press | Monday May 20, 2013
The US Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.,
Danger and separation from families for US diplomats
Reuters | Sunday May 19, 2013
When the Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda placed a bounty on her husband's head, Mary Feierstein learned of it from a friend who called and said, "You must be a mess!"
Russia expels US diplomat accused of spying
Reuters | Wednesday May 15, 2013
Russia expelled a US diplomat on Tuesday after saying he had been caught red-handed with disguises, special equipment and wads of cash as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence agent to work for the CIA.
US confirms American staffer briefly held in Moscow
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 15, 2013
A US official confirmed on Tuesday that an American staffer at the US embassy in Moscow had been briefly detained, but refused to respond to allegations that the man was an undercover CIA agent.
Russia says CIA agent caught trying to recruit spy
Reuters | Tuesday May 14, 2013
Russia said on Tuesday it had caught an American red-handed as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence officer to work for the CIA, a throwback to the Cold War era that risks upsetting efforts to improve relations.
Associated Press | Thursday May 9, 2013
Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats.
Brother of blind Chinese activist says he was beaten up
Reuters | Thursday May 9, 2013
The eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said he was beaten up on Thursday by two men he said were government-hired thugs, which would mark a sharp escalation in harassment meted out to Chen's family.
Migrants to Barack Obama: Don't deport Mama
Associated Press | Monday May 6, 2013
Beneath the slogan "Obama, don't deport my Mama," dozens of migrant families deported from the U.S. despite having children born there rallied outside the U.S. Embassy before President Barack Obama's arrival on Thursday, demanding passage of a U.S. i...
Reports of possible human trafficking at Saudi-owned US residence
Associated Press | Friday May 3, 2013
Immigration officials have removed two domestic workers from a Virginia home owned by the government of Saudi Arabia as part of an investigation into a report of human trafficking.
FBI releases photos of three men from Benghazi attack site
Reuters | Friday May 3, 2013
The FBI on Thursday released the photographs of three men it said were at the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, when it was attacked last September.
Osama bin Laden's former secretary gets life term for 1998 embassy bombings
Reuters | Wednesday April 24, 2013
A former personal secretary to Osama bin Laden was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, for the second time, for participating in a conspiracy to kill Americans that included the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.
French embassy in Tripoli hit by car bomb, two injured
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 23, 2013
A car bomb hit the France embassy in Libya on Tuesday, wounding two French guards and causing extensive damage, in the first attack on a foreign mission since militants stormed the US consulate in Benghazi in September.
Now Russia bans 18 Americans after similar US move
Associated Press | Saturday April 13, 2013
Russia has banned 18 Americans from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations.
Turkey police foils Al-Qaeda plot against US embassy: report
Agence France-Presse | Friday April 12, 2013
Turkish police have uncovered and foiled an alleged plot by Al-Qaeda to bomb the US embassy in Ankara, as well as a synagogue and other targets in Istanbul, Turkish media reported on Friday.
WikiLeaks: How Sanjay Gandhi positioned himself for India's 'top job'
Edited by Mala Das | Thursday April 11, 2013
A cable sent by US diplomats who recorded how Sanjay Gandhi "abandoned back corridor politics to step into the public limelight" may seem prescient for those who are cynical of the recent anointment of Rahul Gandhi as Vice-President of the Congress a...
