Posts Tagged ‘ embassy ’

US ambassador summoned by Russian foreign ministry

May 15, 2013
By
US ambassador summoned by Russian foreign ministry

Essential News from The Associated Press AAA May. 15, 2013 3:07 AM ETUS ambassador summoned by Russian foreign ministryAP AIM ShareIn this handout photo provided by the FSB, acronym for Russian Federal Security Service, a man claimed by FSB to be Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, is detained in…

Read more »

Turkey: Embassy bombers cling to Cold War ideology

February 2, 2013
By
Turkey: Embassy bombers cling to Cold War ideology

An embassy security guard asks for help at the US embassy just minutes after a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, At least two people are dead, officials said. An Associated Press journalist on Friday saw a…

Read more »

Turkish leftist militants use website to claim responsibility for US Embassy attack

February 2, 2013
By
Turkish leftist militants use website to claim responsibility for US Embassy attack

Essential News from The Associated Press AAA Feb. 2, 2013 12:25 PM ETTurkish leftist militants use website to claim responsibility for US Embassy attackAP AIM ShareAn embassy security guard asks for help at the US embassy just minutes after a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in…

Read more »

Canadian who sheltered Americans in Iran dies

January 5, 2013
By
Canadian who sheltered Americans in Iran dies

Buy AP Photo Reprints TORONTO (AP) — John Sheardown, a former Canadian diplomat who hid fugitive American Embassy staffers during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, has died. He was 88.His wife Zena said Saturday that Sheardown passed away in an Ottawa hospital on Dec. 30. She says he had been treated for Alzheimer's disease for…

Read more »

For Assange, home comforts inside Ecuador embassy

July 9, 2012
By
For Assange, home comforts inside Ecuador embassy

Placards and messages placed by supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, are seen outside the Ecuador Embassy, London, Friday, June 29, 2012. Assange had entered the embassy in an attempt to gain political asylum to prevent him from being extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sex crimes, which he denies. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Placards and…

Read more »

Karzai: Forces ready

April 17, 2012
By
Thumbnail

Weekend attacks in AfghanistanSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Intelligence indicated the Haqqani network would attack in Afghanistan, Panetta says NEW: The U.S. doesn't have evidence the attacks came from Pakistan, Gen. Dempsey says Afghanistan's president says his country will be well-defended after forces leave 4 civilians and 8 Afghan forces were killed in the nearly 18-hour series of…

Read more »

Taliban attack Afghan capital, 3 other cities

April 15, 2012
By
Taliban attack Afghan capital, 3 other cities

in this image taken from video, showing smoke rising from Kabul, Afghanistan, following attacks by Taliban militants Sunday April 15, 2012. Militants launched a series of coordinated attacks in the Afghan capital Sunday, with blasts and gunfire rocking three neighborhoods that are home to Afghan government buildings, Western embassies and NATO bases. (AP Photo/AP Video)…

Read more »

More questions over Iraq abduction

March 18, 2012
By
More questions over Iraq abduction

STORY HIGHLIGHTSAn American apparently abducted by a militia is at the U.S. Embassy, officials say The man is identified as a Rand Michael Hultz, an official tells CNN Hultz served in Iraq as a soldier and later returned as an entrepreneur, the official says Baghdad (CNN) -- The murky abduction account of an American, who…

Read more »

Clooney arrested in protest at Sudanese Embassy

March 16, 2012
By
Clooney arrested in protest at Sudanese Embassy

Actor George Clooney, and his father Nick Clooney, take part in a protest at the Sudan Embassy in Washington, Friday, March 16, 2012. The demonstrators are protesting the escalating humanitarian emergency in Sudan that threatens the lives of 500,000 people. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)Actor George Clooney, and his father Nick Clooney, take part in a protest…

Read more »

India: Iran-linked journalist arrested

March 7, 2012
By
Thumbnail

Indian police arrest journalist with ties to Iran in bombing of Israeli vehicleFrom Harmeet Singh, CNNMarch 7, 2012 -- Updated 1035 GMT (1835 HKT)Police and forensic officers examine a damaged Israeli embassy vehicle after an explosion on February 13 in New Delhi, India.STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: The man is being questioned by New Delhi police The police…

Read more »