Susan CornwellWhen the Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda placed a bounty on her husband’s head, Mary Feierstein learned of it from a friend who called and said, “You must be a mess!”US Ambassador Gerald Feierstein was thousands of miles (km) away at the US Embassy in Sanaa, without ...

SARAJEVO - Bosnia has expelled two Iranian diplomats suspected of spying, including contacting a radical Muslim leader, a security ministry source said on Thursday.The security ministry said that Iranian diplomats Hamzeh Doolab Ahmad and Jadidi Sohrab were declared “persona non grata” ...

SEOUL (AFP) - Foreign diplomats in North Korea appeared to be staying put Saturday, ignoring a warning by Pyongyang that they should consider evacuating their missions amid soaring nuclear tensions.Pyongyang had informed embassies it could not guarantee their safety if a conflict broke out as ...

ISLAMABAD (PR) – Diplomats can play vital role in creating soft image of Pakistan and its tourist destinations in their respective countries. This was stated by Mir Shahjahan Khetran, Managing Director Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation here at a reception hosted in honour of diplomats, ...

ISLAMABAD - As Pakistani legislators debate worsening law and order situation in the country in Parliament, foreign diplomats, residing just a few blocks away from the Parliament House, are starting to feel heat of rising street crimes even in the most secured areas of the Capital.This Saturday was ...

The United States is in talks with Pakistani authorities on the harassment of its diplomats to make sure that the rules of the road are clear and it is absolutely understood by the Pakistani side what functions these individuals are involved in. Replying to questions during briefing here Tuesday, ...

ISLAMABAD  – Mid Career diplomats of 20 developing countries were briefed about Intellectual Property (IP) laws of Pakistan and the legislations which are in practice at international level here at Foreign Service Academy (FSA). The Director Law of Intellectual Property Organization of ...

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office has issued new sets of instructions for all foreign diplomats in Pakistan under which diplomats’ activities, including that of the US, would be fully scrutinised. As per new instructions, the diplomats have been instructed to report to Foreign Ministry and seek ...

BHURBAN - The Ambassadors of OIC countries Saturday renewed the call for removing all barriers to trade among member countries of OIC, saying the start of free trade among OIC countries will ensure increase in trade between the Islamic nations and the private sector has an important regard to this ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Diplomats and business community urged members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to address their mutual disputes for exploiting economic potential of the region mired in poverty. They said SAARC could be turned into a vibrant forum for the benefit ...

Earlier this month, India's representative to the UN stood up at a conference and declared that if Syria changed Article 8 of its constitution which enshrines the supremacy of the Baath Party then that would be reform enough. The families of the thousands who have been murdered and tortured are ...

PESHAWAR (Online) - Pakistan has banned entry of foreign diplomats to all the tribal areas as well as 15 cantonment areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The sources have revealed that under the new regulations the diplomats will have to obtain no objection certificate (NOC) from the federal government in ...

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office Saturday clarified that no US-specific restrictions have been applied on the travel of US diplomats. However, there are general guidelines regarding travel of Pakistan-based diplomats, designed only to ensure their safety and security, which have existed for a long ...

LAHORE - All Parties Conference of the mainstream political parties has urged Britain to play its vital role in resolving the Kashmir issue and to assist Pakistan financially to improve its weak economy. The initiative of the APC was taken by PML-N central leader and chairman Soch Muhammad Mehdi, ...

SIKANDER SHAHEEN ISLAMABAD - The cowardly acts of a few unscrupulous criminal elements cannot deter the diplomatic community from performing its duties in Pakistan, Danish Ambassador to Pakistan, Jens Jacob Simonsen told The Nation on Wednesday. He was sharing views after this scribe telephonically ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) Indian government made an official protest to Washington Saturday over the security frisking of its envoy at a US airport and hinted it could lead to tit-for-tat action. Donald Lu, deputy chief of the US Embassy in New Delhi, was summoned to the Indian Foreign Ministry, the ...

ISLAMABAD - Since WikiLeaks disclosure that the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had ordered the US diplomats to spy on the United Nations, the covert US agenda stands exposed, however, at the same time, it is also a cause of concern for American diplomats serving in the UN. A large number of ...

DAIWAL, Jhelum German diplomatic community in Islamabad Saturday donated Rs 0.27 million for establishment of a trust eye hospital in village Daiwal, district Jhelum. The donation was part of the money earned from Christmas Bazaar held in the Embassy on the occasion of Christmas 2009, Press ...

GENEVA (Reuters) Pakistan has quietly informed world powers that it cannot accept the start of global negotiations to halt production of nuclear bomb-making fissile material in the near future, diplomats told Reuters on Friday. The move represents a potential setback for efforts by both the Obama ...

ISLAMABAD - Army Chief General Kayani protested strongly to General McChrystal about the undiplomatic behaviour of the US diplomats in Islamabad when the later met him in Islamabad on Tuesday. Kayani was particularly angry over the statements of the US ambassador and her deputy over the issue of ...

HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe police detained US and British diplomats Thursday in a dramatic confrontation at a roadblock following what the government described as a gathering at the home of an Opposition supporter. The convoy of three vehicles was initially stopped at a checkpoint in the Bindura ...