Diplomats

Rights monitors raise concerns over senior UAE diplomat bid for next UN boss

Lana Nusseibeh, 48, served as UAE ambassador to the UN for more than a decade.

Italy calls for release of five activists held by Israel in West Bank

Israeli activists sit next to members of the Israeli forces on guard, as they prepare to pick olives during the harvest season at Palestinian-owned olive groves in Deir Abu Mashal, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 19, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Austria expels four Russian diplomats on security grounds

Foreign diplomats in Brazil discuss quick recognition of runoff winner

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers of the Presidential Guard stand guard at the Planalto Palace as the National Congress is seen in the background at sunset in Brasilia, Brazil, September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Israel frees from custody almost all suspects in two settler attacks, puts them under house arrest

Heidi Levine, a photojournalist with the Washington Post, speaks to journalists at the hospital after sustaining multiple injuries during an attack by Israeli militant settlers on Palestinians harvesting olives, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Ali Sawafta

Senior UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh enters race for UN chief

Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Lana Nusseibeh attends a meeting in Manama, Bahrain, June 25, 2026. REUTERS/Eric Lee/Pool/File Photo

US orders diplomats to depart Saudi Arabia amid Houthi strikes

The latest withdrawals follow an escalation of the fighting in Yemen, opening another front in the regional conflict triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran.

US officials visit Palestinian village after settler attacks on European diplomats, US journalist

US Assistant Secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor Riley Barnes (front, left) and US Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch (centre), visit the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh near Ramallah on Oct 18.

Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, beat French mayor

Vehicles drive at the site where Belgium’s foreign minister says masked settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank attacked Palestinians, Catholic representatives and Western diplomats and officials.

West Bank settlers attack Palestinians, Western diplomats, Belgium says

An Israeli settler points a gun amid clashes with Palestinians harvesting olives in Abu Falah near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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