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Are embassies off-limits ? Ecuadorian and Israeli actions suggest otherwise − and that sets a dangerous diplomatic precedent

It has long been held that embassies should be treated as “off-limits” to other nations. Yet in a single week, two governments – both...

Jorge Heine

When Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted by a federal jury in Manhattan in early March 2024, it marked a spectacular fall from grace: from being...

Noticing my nonappearance at the start of a black-tie dinner at the Johannesburg home of Harry Oppenheimer, a mining magnate and Africa’s richest...

The lopsidedness was stark: 120 countries voted in favor of a resolution before the United Nations on Oct. 26, 2023, calling for a “humanitarian...

Skepticism was running high ahead of the 2023 summit of the Group of 20, or G20, held in New Delhi in early September. Russian President Vladimir...