For One Man, It Didn’t Take Much to Make an Embassy in India

For almost eight years, an Indian man hid a range of criminal activities behind fake diplomatic missions before finally being caught this week.

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Guard at U.S. Embassy in Norway Charged With Spying for Russia and Iran

A Norwegian man has been accused of leaking sensitive information about U.S. embassy staff members and threatening Norway’s national interests, according to prosecutors.

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Senate Democrats Rail at ‘Sloppy, Rushed’ State Dept. Firings

Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the changes were needed and called the outrage overblown.

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Trump Nominates Nick Adams, ‘Alpha Male’ Influencer, for Ambassador to Malaysia

Nick Adams rose to prominence with a hypermasculine identity and crass jokes about Hooters. President Trump named him ambassador to a country of 35 million people.

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State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.

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With a Nobel Prize Nomination, Netanyahu Is the Latest to Use Flattery to Woo Trump

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel handed a letter to President Trump nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize. But it’s not clear whether stroking the president’s ego has long-lasting effects.

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Richard A. Boucher, Veteran State Department Spokesman, Dies at 73

Working for six secretaries of state, he was known for explaining and defending U.S. foreign policy in a noncombative tone, without interjecting his own opinion.

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Lawmakers Tell Rubio to Refrain From Mass Layoffs at State Department

Democrats say they are worried about reports that about 700 career diplomats will be fired. The agency has said it plans to lay off 2,000 employees soon.

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Inside the Global Deal-Making Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations

The administration is pushing nations around the world, including ones at war, to take people expelled by the U.S. government who are not citizens of those countries.

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China Says the U.S. Damaged Its Own Credibility by Striking Iran

The rhetoric belies a more complicated reality, as Beijing has been one of Tehran’s biggest backers.

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