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  • African embassy in Washington, D.C., closed over corruption fears

    05/27/2025 6:11:39 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 8 replies
    Newsweek ^ | May 26, 2025 | Jordan King
    Ghana's embassy in Washington, D.C., has been temporarily shut down after an investigation found that staff members were collecting illegal extra charges for at least five years. The country's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, posted about the probe on Facebook on Monday, calling his actions "drastic and decisive." Why It Matters Some 172,558 Ghanaians live in the United States, according to 2023 figures published in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Many of them will rely on the Washington embassy for passport services, visa services, citizenship matters and emergency assistance. Besides not having traditional access to these...
  • Germany: Teen arrested for plan to attack Israel's embassy

    02/22/2025 10:25:48 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 4 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 02/21/2025 | Kieran Burke with AFP, DPA
    German police said they arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of planning a “politically motivated” attack in Berlin. The target, according to multiple media reports, was the Israeli Embassy. The man, a Russian national, was taken into custody late Thursday in the eastern state of Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin, a statement from police and prosecutors said, adding that the suspect appeared in court Friday and was remanded in custody. Authorities did not provide additional information about the alleged attack plan. […] The suspect wanted to join the terrorist militia “Islamic State,” according to sources quoted by DPA. The new agency’s sources...
  • Israel shuts its Dublin embassy accusing Ireland of 'antisemitic rhetoric' and 'crossing every red line'

    12/15/2024 8:28:36 AM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 25 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 15 Dec 2024 | SHANNON MCGUIGAN
    Israel has closed its embassy in Dublin as it accuses Ireland of having 'extreme anti-Israel policies' and of crossing 'every red line'. Gideon Saar - Israel's foreign minister - declared the closure of the Irish residence of its ambassador whilst claiming Ireland had an 'anti-Semitic rhetoric'. Irish premier Simon Harris said he was 'deeply disappointed' by the move, whilst 'utterly rejecti[ng]' allegations that Ireland was against the Middle Eastern state. Despite Saar's most recent move, deputy premier Micheal Martin has made it clear there are no plans to close the Irish embassy in Israel. The closure of the embassy comes...
  • Israel to shut embassy in Ireland over 'extreme anti-Israel policies'

    12/15/2024 10:24:01 AM PST · by mbrfl · 37 replies
    Reuters ^ | December 15, 2024 | Reuters
    Dec 15 (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it would close its Dublin embassy due to the Irish government's "extreme anti-Israel policies" including recognition of a Palestinian state and support for international legal action against its war in Gaza.
  • U.S. Closes Kyiv Embassy Over ‘Significant Air Attack’ Intelligence

    11/20/2024 6:09:43 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 18 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 11/20/2024 | Oliver JJ Lane
    The U.S. embassy in Ukraine cited “specific information of a potential significant air attack” on Wednesday morning, ordering its citizens in the country to shelter in place, as tensions between America and the Russian Federation rise ever higher. The American embassy compound in western Kyiv was closed on Wednesday morning, with a convoy of diplomatic vehicles apparently evacuating the buildings. A message posted by the embassy staff stated it had received “specific information of a potential significant air attack” that was thought to be planned for Wednesday. The closure was out of an “abundance of caution”, they said, but nevertheless...
  • Freed by U.S. (former Gitmo detainee), Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief

    01/22/2009 8:15:01 PM PST · by FocusNexus · 34 replies · 1,055+ views
    New York Times ^ | Jan. 22, 2009 | ROBERT F. WORTH
    The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as the deputy leader of Al Qaeda's Yemeni branch has underscored the potential complications in carrying out the executive order President Obama signed Thursday that the detention center be shut down within a year. The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing of the United States Embassy in Yemen's capital, Sana, in September. He was released to Saudi Arabia in 2007 and passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen. His status was announced in an Internet statement by...
  • Swedish police probing report of shooting outside Israeli embassy in Stockholm

    10/01/2024 12:04:15 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 4 replies
    The Times of Israel ^ | October 1 2024 | Lazar Berman
    Police in Stockholm are looking into the possibility of a shooting outside Israel’s embassy in Sweden, according to the local TV4 Nyheterna. After a loud bang was heard, the Swedish outlet reports, police found a gun and an empty bullet casing. At least 10 police cars are at the site, and searches are being carried out by canine units.
  • Venezuelan security forces surround Argentine embassy after opposition members take refuge inside

    09/07/2024 11:10:11 AM PDT · by NorthernDancer · 12 replies
    CNN ^ | September 7, 2024 | Mauricio Torres
    Venezuelan security forces surrounded the Argentine embassy in the capital Caracas on Friday after two opposition members took refuge inside, according to posts by the opposition duo on social media. The pair joined four other Venezuelan opposition figures who have taken refuge in the embassy this year. One of the men, Pedro Urruchurtu, the international coordinator for opposition leader María Corina Machado, wrote on X that there were patrols of hooded and armed officials surrounding the diplomatic building. The other, former deputy Omar González, also posted on X, writing: “They cut off the electricity service to the Argentine embassy in...
  • US embassy staffer found dead in Kyiv hotel 10 days after traveling to Ukraine

    06/26/2024 4:32:05 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 27 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 6-26-24 | GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO
    A US diplomat has been found dead in Ukraine. The unnamed embassy staffer was found in a room at the Hilton Hotel in Kyiv on Tuesday morning, per various local reports cited by Newsweek. The man, who arrived in Ukraine on June 15, reportedly suffered from high cholesterol, according Ukrainian outlet Strana UA. There were no sounds of foul play found at the scene. The Ukrainian outlet was first to report the news, citing anonymous sources. Strana reported: 'Yesterday at about 11:00 a.m. the body of an attaché of the U.S. Embassy was found in a hotel room. No signs...
  • ‘First Attack of Its Kind in Years’: Gunmen Attack U.S. Embassy in Lebanon

    06/05/2024 11:19:52 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 20 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 06/05/2024 | KRISTINA WONG
    Gunmen attacked the United States embassy building in Lebanon on Wednesday morning, according to statements from the U.S. government and the Lebanese army. “At 8:34 a.m. local time, small arms fire was reported in the vicinity of the entrance to the U.S. Embassy. Thanks to the quick reaction of the LAF [Lebanon Armed Forces], ISF [Israel Security Forces], and our Embassy security team, our facility and our team are safe. Investigations are underway and we are in close contact with host country law enforcement,” the embassy said in a statement on X. At 8:34 a.m. local time, small arms fire...
  • Iran Seizes Ship Linked To Israeli Billionaire In Latest Escalation Of Tensions

    04/13/2024 12:52:09 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 20 replies
    Iranian authorities seized an alleged Israeli-linked cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday morning, in the latest escalation of tensions between the two countries, amid concerns of an Iranian attack in response to an airstrike on an Iranian embassy earlier this month.
  • Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm its embassy to arrest politician

    04/06/2024 9:01:47 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    MSN via AP ^ | 04/06/2024 | REGINA GARCIA CANO and GABRIELA MOLINA,
    QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Mexico's government severed diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president, an extraordinary use of force that shocked and mystified regional leaders and diplomats. Ecuadorian police late Friday broke through the external doors of the embassy in the capital, Quito, to arrest Jorge Glas, who had been residing there since December. Glas sought political asylum at the embassy after being indicted on corruption charges. The raid prompted Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to announce the breaking off of diplomatic relations with Ecuador on Friday evening,...
  • Israeli attack on Iranian Embassy in Damascus

    04/01/2024 8:40:06 PM PDT · by FRinCanada2 · 94 replies
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  • Jerusalem welcomes opening of world's first Indigenous Embassy

    02/25/2024 7:05:58 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 13 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | 24/2/24 | Ilse Strauss
    “I want to apologize to the people of Israel for the horrible thing the South African government did. We are sorry.” Regent Xami Thomas, leader of the Khoi Kingdom of Southern Africa, delivered this message to a packed audience at the Friends of Zion Museum (FOZ) in the heart of Jerusalem on the night of February 1. The crowd cheered their approval. This was, after all, words of support from the citizens of the nation that had dragged Israel to the International Court of Justice on accusations of genocide. Thomas was not done, though. “The government does not represent all...
  • Days of miracles and wonder in Argentina: Was it Divine Intervention That Two Argentinian Hostages Were Rescued After Milei Prayed on the Wailing Wall?

    02/12/2024 9:37:13 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 02/12/2024 | Monica Showalter
    Argentina's president, Javier Milei, traveled to Jerusalem to announce the moving of Argentina's embassy to Jerusalem, the Israeli capital where it belongs. While he was there, he put on a kippeh and pray quite intensely at the Western wailing wall. The left, of course, abused him because of course they did, but it didn't stop him. Pro Palestinians mocked & ridiculed the Argentinian President for shedding tears at the Western Wall. Yesterday at 1:00 am, 2 Argentinian Israeli hostages were rescued by IDF. Psalm 170:6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress & the Lord delivered them from...
  • US embassy in Baghdad struck with 7 mortars as attacks escalate

    12/08/2023 2:32:55 PM PST · by dynachrome · 20 replies
    Reuters ^ | 12-8-23 | Timour Azhari, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
    Approximately seven mortar rounds landed in the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad during an attack early on Friday, a U.S. military official told Reuters, in what appeared to be the largest attack of its kind in recent memory. U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria were also targeted with rockets and drones at least five more times on Friday; three times at separate bases in Syria, and twice at the Ain al-Asad airbase west of Baghdad, a U.S. defense official said. The attacks were the most recorded against U.S. forces in the region in a single day since mid-October, when Iran-aligned...
  • Argentina: President-Elect Javier Milei Promises ‘Spiritual’ Israel Trip, Will Move Embassy to Jerusalem

    11/20/2023 11:27:24 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 17 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 20 Nov 2023 | Frances Martel
    Argentina’s libertarian President-elect Javier Milei confirmed on Monday that he would make visits to both Israel and the United States before his inauguration on December 10, trips he described as “spiritual” and intended to meet with rabbis whom he had consulted during the election. Milei won the presidency in a landslide on Sunday night, defeating the current Minister of Economics Sergio Massa, a socialist. Massa’s tenure has been defined by inflation of upwards of 140 percent, skyrocketing poverty and joblessness levels, and the worst economic crisis in the nation’s history. Milei, a self-described libertarian, has promised to install the U.S....
  • Turkish President Erdoğan calls out West, Israel for Gaza massacre

    10/28/2023 9:01:01 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 75 replies
    DAILY SABAH ^ | October 28, 2023
    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday called out Western powers as "the main culprit" behind Israel's "massacre" of Palestinians in Gaza. The call came during the "Great Palestine Meeting" held in Istanbul, which was joined by over 1.5 million people, according to the organizers. President Erdoğan, who has been a leading international supporter of Palestinian rights, unleashed a scathing attack at Israel and its Western supporters. "The main culprit behind the massacre unfolding in Gaza is the West," he told the Turkish and Palestinian flag-waving crowd.
  • Turkey foils alleged Iran plot to kill Israelis in Istanbul

    06/26/2022 9:26:24 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 9 replies
    Al Jazeera ^ | June 23, 2022 | News Agencies
    Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid thanked Turkey on Thursday for helping foil an Iranian plot to harm Israelis in Istanbul and said the effort was still under way.Turkish authorities arrested five Iranians suspected of planning attacks on Israelis ahead of Lapid’s visit, Turkish media reports said earlier in the day...Lapid arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks with Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu as the two countries press ahead with efforts to repair ties...Police seized two pistols and two silencers in searches conducted in houses and hotels where the suspects were staying, according to the report...Earlier this month, Israel issued a...
  • Syrians try to bomb Israeli embassy in Cyprus

    10/22/2023 5:19:49 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 9 replies
    World Israel News ^ | 10/21/23 | JNS
    Cypriot police were on high alert early on Saturday after an improvised explosive device was thrown 30 meters away from Israel’s embassy in Nicosia. The “homemade bomb” exploded around 1:30 a.m. local time. Following the blast, two people walking near the Israeli mission were detained, as were two others in a car. Police found two knives and a hammer inside the vehicle.