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Three people including two children were wounded in rocket attacks Thursday on Baghdad's Green Zone, with one hitting a school and two smashing into the US embassy grounds, Iraqi security sources said.

Two Katyusha rockets early Sunday targeted the ultra-secure Green Zone in Baghdad that houses the US embassy, Iraq's security forces said in a statement.

The street in front of the embassy of Saudi Arabia will be called "Jamal Khashoggi Way," after the Washington city council voted to honor the Saudi journalist murdered by government agents.

Japan's vice foreign minister pulled out of a planned news conference with his South Korean and US counterparts in Washington on Wednesday over a territorial dispute between the two US allies, a Japanese Embassy spokesperson said.

The United States said Friday it would set up an interests section in Afghanistan under Qatar, creating a more direct way to assist US citizens and engage with the Taliban after the embassy in Kabul was shuttered.

Three rockets on Saturday hit a Baghdad neighbourhood near the high-security Green Zone where the US embassy is located without causing any casualties, an Iraqi security official said.

The US Embassy here has said there will be significant appointment wait times for some non-immigrant visa categories as it builds back from COVID-19-related interruptions.

The United States Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday congratulated India on administering 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

Russia and the United States failed to make any major progress in a row over the functioning of their embassies at talks in Moscow on Tuesday, and there is now a risk that relations could worsen further, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister said.

Russia on Friday called on the US embassy in Moscow to waive the diplomatic immunity of three of its staff, saying they were suspected of stealing.

US Democratic and Republican senators urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States if Moscow does not issue more visas for Americans to represent Washington in Russia.

The Embassy of the United States in India on Tuesday said that the US is seeking to work with India to enhance bilateral trade relationship.

Israel said on Wednesday that a U.S. plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem that has traditionally been a base for diplomatic outreach to Palestinians is a "bad idea" and could destabilise Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's new government.

China's embassy in Washington Friday accused the US intelligence community of "political manipulation" after a report in which Beijing was accused of withholding key information about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The alert, posted on the embassy website, gave no reason for why it was issued.

Three people including two children were wounded in rocket attacks Thursday on Baghdad's Green Zone, with one hitting a school and two smashing into the US embassy grounds, Iraqi security sources said.

Two Katyusha rockets early Sunday targeted the ultra-secure Green Zone in Baghdad that houses the US embassy, Iraq's security forces said in a statement.

The street in front of the embassy of Saudi Arabia will be called "Jamal Khashoggi Way," after the Washington city council voted to honor the Saudi journalist murdered by government agents.

Japan's vice foreign minister pulled out of a planned news conference with his South Korean and US counterparts in Washington on Wednesday over a territorial dispute between the two US allies, a Japanese Embassy spokesperson said.

The United States said Friday it would set up an interests section in Afghanistan under Qatar, creating a more direct way to assist US citizens and engage with the Taliban after the embassy in Kabul was shuttered.

Three rockets on Saturday hit a Baghdad neighbourhood near the high-security Green Zone where the US embassy is located without causing any casualties, an Iraqi security official said.

The US Embassy here has said there will be significant appointment wait times for some non-immigrant visa categories as it builds back from COVID-19-related interruptions.

The United States Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday congratulated India on administering 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

Russia and the United States failed to make any major progress in a row over the functioning of their embassies at talks in Moscow on Tuesday, and there is now a risk that relations could worsen further, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister said.

Russia on Friday called on the US embassy in Moscow to waive the diplomatic immunity of three of its staff, saying they were suspected of stealing.

US Democratic and Republican senators urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States if Moscow does not issue more visas for Americans to represent Washington in Russia.

The Embassy of the United States in India on Tuesday said that the US is seeking to work with India to enhance bilateral trade relationship.

Israel said on Wednesday that a U.S. plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem that has traditionally been a base for diplomatic outreach to Palestinians is a "bad idea" and could destabilise Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's new government.

China's embassy in Washington Friday accused the US intelligence community of "political manipulation" after a report in which Beijing was accused of withholding key information about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The alert, posted on the embassy website, gave no reason for why it was issued.