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FILE: US President Donald Trump listens during a meeting about the Governors Initiative on Regulatory Innovation in the Cabinet Room of the White House on 16 December 2019 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

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Trump expects Iraq to 'use its forces' to protect US embassy in Baghdad

By AFP

It was the first time in years that protesters have been able to reach the US embassy, which is guarded by a series of checkpoints in the high-security Green...

  • Bystanders gather at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion which targeted a European Union vehicle convoy in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 30 September 2019. Picture: AFP.

    US re-opens embassy in Somali capital amid persisting Islamist violence

    Somalia, in the Horn of Africa, has been gripped by widespread lawlessness and violence since 1991 when autocrat Mohamed Siad Barre was toppled by various warlords.

    567 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC on 11 February 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Trump administration denies US embassies permission to fly LGBT flag

    State Department officials said embassies are required to get permission from them when flying anything besides the American flag on their main flagpoles.

    684 days ago
  • Palestinian Mohammed al-Tamimi, 15, sits at his family home in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 27, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Palestinian teen activist 'recovering well' after head surgery

    Mohammed Tamimi was left with a large defect after the bullet entered his face below his nose, broke his jaw and entered his skull.

    912 days ago
  • Policemen search a man outside the United States embassy in Ankara, on 5 March 2018. Picture: AFP

    Shots fired at US embassy in Turkish capital, no casualties - police

    The attack coincided with a deepening row between Ankara and Washington over the trial of a US pastor in Turkey.

    976 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    US embassy warns citizens to consider leaving district in north Mozambique

    The company declined to comment on reports it had suspended work on its massive LNG project in the war-scarred southeastern African country.

    1046 days ago
  • FILE; A Palestinian holds his national flag in the smoke billowing from burning tyres during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel east of Gaza City on 14 May 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Moroccan protesters: Death to Israel

    The US opened its embassy in Jerusalem on 14 May, moving it from Tel Aviv, a move that reversed decades of US policy and delighted Israel.

    1068 days ago
  • A new road sign indicating the way to the new US embassy in Jerusalem is set up on 7 May, 2018. The embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is expected to occur on 14 May. Picture: AFP

    Guatemala opens embassy in Jerusalem, two days after US move

    Guatemala opened an embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, two days after the United States made the same move.

    1072 days ago
  • Palestinians carry a demonstrator injured during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel east of Gaza City on 14 May 2018, during protests over the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem. Picture: AFP

    Palestinian govt calls for day of national mourning following Gaza deaths

    Fifty-nine Palestinian protesters, including seven children under the age of 18, were killed yesterday by the Israeli army, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

    1073 days ago
  • Palestinians carry a demonstrator injured during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel east of Gaza City on 14 May 2018, as Palestinians protest over the inauguration of the US embassy following its controversial move to Jerusalem. Picture: AFP

    Elusive peace grows more remote with US Jerusalem embassy move, violence

    Israeli troops fatally shot dozens of Palestinian demonstrators on the Gaza border on Monday as the US Embassy formally moved to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

    1073 days ago
  • Palestinians chant slogans during clashes with Israeli security forces near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel east of Gaza City on 14 May 2018. Picture: AFP

    Israeli forces kill at least 58 in Gaza after US embassy opens in Jerusalem

    The bloodshed drew calls for restraint from some countries, including France and Britain, and stronger criticism from others, with regional power Turkey calling it 'a massacre'.

    1073 days ago
  • US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin gives a speech as he attends the official reception on the occasion of the opening of the US Embassy at ‎the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, on 13 May, 2018. Picture: AFP

    Most foreign envoys absent as Israel, US launch embassy festivities

    Monday’s slated opening of the new embassy follows US President Donald Trump’s recognition in December of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a decision he said fulfilled decades of policy pledges in Washington and formalised realities on the ground.

    1074 days ago
  • A new road sign indicating the way to the new US embassy in Jerusalem is set up on 7 May, 2018. The embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is expected to occur on 14 May. Picture: AFP

    US Embassy road signs go up in Jerusalem

    President Donald Trump announced the move in December, dating back decades, to back Israel’s designation of Jerusalem as its capital.

    1081 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver press statements before an official dinner in Jerusalem on 22 May 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Trump says he may travel to Israel for embassy move, Netanyahu calls out Iran

    Trump, with Netanyahu at his side in the Oval Office, said he was considering making what would be his second visit to Jerusalem as president.

    1143 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com.

    US embassy in Ankara will be closed on Monday due to security threat

    Visa interviews and other routine services will be cancelled on Monday, the embassy said, adding that it would make an announcement when it is ready to reopen.

    1144 days ago
  • Police block off the area around the US Embassy in Montenegro's capital Podgorica on 22 February, 2018. Picture: AFP

    Explosive device thrown at US embassy building in Montenegro

    Messaging in English on its official Twitter account, the government said that half an hour after midnight, “An unknown person committed suicide with an explosive device.”

    1155 days ago
  • FILE: US president Donald Trump and his vice president Mike Pence. Picture: AFP.

    US Embassy in Israel to move to Jerusalem by end of 2019 - Pence

    President Donald Trump last month recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and said he would move the US Embassy there.

    1186 days ago
  • Harare in Zimbabwe. Picture: Pixabay.com

    US embassy in Zim tells staff to stay home due to 'political uncertainty'

    The country has been on edge since Monday when Chiwenga said he was prepared to “step in” to end a purge of supporters of sacked vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa.

    1254 days ago
  • The Sandton CBD. Picture: Gary Oberholzer/702

    Govt distances itself from Dirco, SSA statement on terror alerts

    Dirco and SSA accused the US embassy of attempting to manipulate SA efforts to combat terrorism.

    1778 days ago
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