Tag: Diplomat

TTP abducted Pakistani diplomats, Afghanistan tells Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan government has officially shared with Pakistan that two Pakistani diplomatic officials who were abducted from near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, around three months back,...

‘Very impressed’ with Petraeus as he weighs top diplomat job: Trump

President-elect Donald Trump stepped up his search on Monday for a new US secretary of state, with the focus on David Petraeus, a former...

Espionage probe against Pak-friendly diplomat ends with no charges

The US Justice Department has closed its espionage investigation into former US diplomat Robin L. Raphel with no charges, her lawyer said. In November 2014,...

Most of Iran’s uranium shipped to Russia, says diplomat

Iran has moved closer to next month’s expected implementation of a landmark nuclear deal with six world powers by allowing Moscow to transfer most...

Saudi diplomat in Delhi accused of raping two domestic helps

A diplomat at the Saudi Arabia embassy in New Delhi has been booked for allegedly raping two Nepali women. The women, aged around 30, have...

Russia accuses Britain of forcing out its diplomats

Russia has accused the British government of forcing out its diplomats in violation of international law, saying it believes some of the country’s politicians have taken a strategic decision to worsen relations with Moscow.

Bangladesh seizes 27 kg of gold from North Korean diplomat

Bangladeshi customs authorities seized nearly 27 kilograms of gold, worth about $1.7 million, from a North Korean diplomat on Friday after he tried to...

Dhaka expels Pakistani diplomat over illegal business

In a fresh diplomatic row between Pakistan and Bangladesh, a Pakistani High Commission official based in Dhaka was declared persona non grata by the...

Indian diplomat in US row stripped of duty

Khobragade has been removed from her current post in the foreign ministry for an unauthorised media interview and for not disclosing that her children held US passports

Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over visa denial to 500 pilgrims

The Foreign Office on Friday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gopal Baghlay to lodge a protest over denial of visas to 500 Pakistani pilgrims...

India’s tit-for-tat forces US ambassador to call off Nepal vacation

US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell had a first-hand experience of India's ire as officials politely declined to accord her special airport privileges for...

US diplomat runs over two in traffic collision

A man died while another sustained severe injuries in a collision with a US embassy vehicle on Friday morning. According to media reports, US...

Pakistan calls back diplomatic staff from Syria: FO

Keeping in view of law and order situation in Syria Pakistan has called back its diplomatic staff from the country‚ however it has not...

Saudi diplomat killed in Yemeni capital

A Saudi diplomat and his bodyguard have been killed when their car came under fire in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, officials say. The Saudi...

Ethiopian diplomat jailed in Britain for cannabis smuggling

A court in London on Thursday jailed an Ethiopian diplomat for trying to smuggle a large stash of cannabis through London’s Heathrow Airport. Amelework...

British diplomat robbed of Rs 350,000

Unknown thieves took away Rs 0.35 million and a laptop from the house of a British diplomat in Diplomatic Enclave on Tuesday. According to police,...

French diplomat in India arrested for raping minor daughter

A French diplomat accused of raping his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter was arrested by Indian police on Tuesday morning, local media reported. Pascal Mazurier, who works as...