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First country agrees to set up embassy in METAVERSE

The Barbadian government officially signed an agreement to establish a digital embassy in Decentraland, a user-owned, Ethereum-based digital environment, on…

2 years ago

US embassy in Yemen raided, staffers held ‘hostage’

A group of Houthis breached the US compound on Wednesday and seized “large quantities of equipment and materials,” according to…

2 years ago

Russian diplomat found dead outside embassy in Berlin

Der Spiegel said the deceased man was a 35-year-old secretary who had worked at the embassy. The magazine said the…

3 years ago

‘Havana syndrome’ cases reported at US embassy in Colombia ahead of Blinken visit

At least five US families have come down with symptoms of the mysterious condition, the Wall Street Journal reported on…

3 years ago

American Marines told to leave Russia or face the law after elite embassy guards stagger out of Moscow bar with ‘stolen’ backpack

Diplomatic spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday that authorities had made a protest to the consulate over the incident. “Given…

3 years ago

‘Despicable & insane performance’: Chinese embassy sees red over visit to Taiwan by Australian ex-PM Abbott amid rising tensions

“Tony Abbott is a failed and pitiful politician,” a Chinese embassy spokesperson said in a scathing statement released over the…

3 years ago

US senators want to boot out 300 Russian diplomats over embassy row, but Moscow says it doesn’t even have that many in Washington

“There aren’t even that many Russian diplomats in Washington,” the Foreign Ministry stated. “Those who propose such steps are apparently…

3 years ago

US embassy in Afghanistan urges Americans to avoid travelling to the Kabul airport due to ‘specific, credible threat’

In a security alert issued early Sunday, the US embassy sounded the alarm about a potential attack at the Kabul…

3 years ago

Gone without a trace: UK’s Afghan embassy Twitter account with 100k+ followers abruptly DELETED as British evacuation ends

The embassy’s Twitter handle, created in 2013 and boasting more than 109,000 followers, appears to have been deactivated sometime on…

3 years ago

UK govt says ‘every effort was made’ to destroy papers naming Afghan embassy workers, amid anger over ‘data protection blunder’

On Thursday evening, the Times claimed that its journalists had found papers identifying Afghan staff at the British diplomatic mission,…

3 years ago