Against the backdrop of 16 huge photographs depicting the architectural splendor of Kyiv, some 200 dignitaries gathered Oct.

Ambassador Rufus Gifford, the State Department’s new chief of protocol, has been on the job for barely three weeks. But he’s already made history as the first openly gay diplomat ever to hold that ...

Against the backdrop of 16 huge photographs depicting the architectural splendor of Kyiv, some 200 dignitaries gathered Oct. 22 at the Italian Embassy here in advance of a July 2025 meeting in Rome to ...

The United States has stepped up pressure on Bangladesh to join its Indo-Pacific military pact to contain China, but it is using a false pretext that may rile up the Bengali nation that carries the ...

Thirteen sculptures of fired clay, ranging from two to nearly six feet tall, emerge from the depths below the Kreeger Museum’s staircase, offering a stark and meditative vision of desert landscapes ...

His Excellency Elupitti Mudiyanselage Rodney Man Perera Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States Biography EMBASSY: Embassy of Sri ...

The United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea do not have diplomatic relations. In the September 19, 2005 ...

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas rages on in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, with a ceasefire proving to be elusive, Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to the United Nations, ...

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson shakes hands with Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon at Villa Somalia in 2013. (AMISOM Public Information / Flickr) Sweden’s Jan Eliasson is ...

Evangelos Savva turned 4 years old on July 14, 1974. Just six days later, Turkey invaded his native Cyprus—a traumatic event that would eventually come to haunt generations of Cypriots. “Believe it or ...

On Sept. 18, President Joe Biden welcomed 17 new foreign ambassadors to Washington DC to present their credentials. Washington’s newest crop of ambassadors includes five women, two diplomats who have ...