Spain Intercepts More Packages Containing Animal Eyes Sent to Ukraine Consulates
Spanish authorities have intercepted three new packages addressed to consulates of Ukraine in Spain containing animal eyes.
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Ukrainian Embassies in Europe Mailed Bloody Packages with Animal Eyes
Several embassies of Ukraine in various European countries received bloody packages on Friday, one containing animal eyes, just days after the country’s embassy in Spain received a letter bomb.
Netanyahu: At Least Six Countries ‘Seriously Talking’ about Moving Embassies to Jerusalem
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday at least six countries were in talks with Israel to move their embassies to Jerusalem. He implored countries to follow the United States and Guatemala in making the move, saying it would advance peace efforts, and promised “preferential treatment” to the first ten embassies relocated to Israel’s capital.
U.S. Embassies to Finally Get Official Trump and Pence Photos
The State Department told staff earlier this week that it will begin distributing the official portraits of Trump, Pence, and Tillerson.
Turkey, U.S. Freeze Visa Services After Arrest of ‘Gulenist’ U.S. Consulate Worker
Turkey has frozen non-immigrant visa services for U.S. citizens, mirroring a U.S. announcement of the same policy Sunday in response to the arrest this week of a U.S. consulate worker in Istanbul for alleged ties to Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Blue State Blues: The Real Reason Trump Delayed Jerusalem Embassy Move
There may be concerns that moving the embassy in Israel would put other embassies at greater risk of terrorism.
President Rivlin: It Is Time for Nations to Move Embassies to Israel’s Capital Jerusalem
In the aftermath of the passage of a UNESCO resolution calling Israel’s presence in Jerusalem “illegal,” President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday urged the world to recognize the city as the capital of the Jewish state and to transfer their embassies there.
Obama Orders All U.S. Flags Flown At Half-Mast In Honor Of Peres
TEL AVIV – President Barack Obama has ordered all U.S. flags at the White House and all federal property across the country and abroad to be flown at half-mast memory of late statesman Shimon Peres.
