The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has justified its latest long, medium-range ballistic missile test-firing as "routine work to raise nuclear capability for self-defense," rejecting a UN Security Council statement of condemnation.
African island nation Sao Tome and Principe announced Tuesday that it has cut its so-called "diplomatic" ties with Taiwan and acknowledged sovereignty of the People's Republic of China. Sao Tome is the first country to break "diplomatic" relations with Taiwan since Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen took office. Taiwan "diplomacy" has suffered its first setback after Tsai's phone call with US President-elect Donald Trump.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Turkey to withdraw any unauthorized military forces from Iraq, the White House said.
As part of the celebrations for the 65th anniversary of Finnish-Chinese diplomatic relationship, dozens of students in the Normal School of Tampere University chatted on Wednesday via internet with their counterparts in Qinglai School of Mile City in China's Yunnan Province, and then started writing letters to them with Finnish-Chinese diplomatic relationship commemorative envelopes.
The otherwise busy main road at Baridhara diplomatic zone in Bangladesh capital Dhaka looked almost deserted on Monday, with little human activity and vehicular traffic.
Cubans on Monday raised Cuba's national flag over the country's newly opened embassy in Washington D.C., the U.S. capital, as diplomatic relations between two nations were restored after more than half a century.
After five months of negotiations aimed to restore diplomatic ties, Cuba will sit at the bargaining table again on Thursday with the United States, and highlight U.S. diplomats' "inappropriate behavior" on the island, which is the biggest concern to the Cuban leader.
The White House said on Monday that it does not rule out a visit made by U.S. President Barack Obama to Cuba "over the course of next year".
The United States and Cuba met here on Tuesday over human rights issues, with both sides voicing readiness to cover "a wide range of topics" in following " substantive" talks.
The United States and Cuba on Thursday ended the historic talks on restoring diplomatic relations, but both sides admitted "profound differences" still remain and much needs to be done before normalization of bilateral relations.
India and the U.S. have held senior diplomatic level talks in the national capital, local media reported Thursday.
The arrest and alleged ill- treatment of an Indian woman diplomat in New York last week has escalated into a major diplomatic row between India and the United States, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday terming the incident as "deplorable'.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asked lawmakers not to impose tougher sanctions on Iran on Wednesday, fearing they could jeopardize the ongoing diplomatic efforts to halt Iran's nuclear activities.
The United Nations said Monday that it would be in touch with the United States over reports that the world body was spied on by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).
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