Diplomat

Nicholas Burns, US Undersecretary for Political Affairs, gestures during a news conference at the end of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) ministerial meeting in Madrid November 30, 2007. Photo: Reuters
USA

In shift, Biden taps career diplomat, not politician, for ambassador to China

The United States and China, the world's No. 1 and No. 2 economies, are at odds over issues across the board, including trade, technology, the coronavirus, Taiwan, and Chinese military...

An Afghan soldier stands in a military vehicle on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2021. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Taliban declares 'war is over' as president and diplomats flee Kabul

Israeli alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a news conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 30, 2021. Photo : Reuters
Middle East

Israel's top diplomat makes first visit to Morocco since upgrade in ties

Wendy Sherman arrives for a meeting on Syria at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo
USA

US to stress need for 'guardrails' in Sherman's talks in China

A service member of the Ukrainian armed forces points a weapon at fighting positions on the line of separation near the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Serhiy Takhmazov/File Photo
World+Biz

Russian security service briefly detains Ukrainian diplomat

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony launching the Talas Gold Mining Plant at Kyrgyzstan's Jerooy gold deposit via a video link in Moscow, Russia March 17, 2021. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
Politics

Russia, retaliating against Washington, asks 10 US diplomats to leave

Karan Thapar
Thoughts

The unusual tale of a Pakistani diplomat in India

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 14, 2020. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Iran top diplomat urges Biden to return to nuclear deal

A South Korean-flagged tanker vessel which was seized by Iran. is seen in Gulf, Iran January 4, 2021. IRGC / WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
World+Biz

South Korea says reviewing planned diplomat visit to Tehran after Iran seizes tanker

Protesters deface a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Photo : AP via Hindustan Times
World+Biz

Iran summons French diplomat over alleged insult against Prophet Mohammad

Hasina champion of human security: Diplomats
Bangladesh

Hasina champion of human security: Diplomats

Photo : BSS
World+Biz

US brands Chinese curbs on American diplomats ‘escalation’

A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuhan outbreak, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020. NEXU Science Communication/via Reuters
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Covid-19: Sheikh Russel Gastroliver Hospital to treat VIPs, diplomats