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Trump expects Iraq to 'use its forces' to protect US embassy in Baghdad
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...
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.
State Department officials said embassies are required to get permission from them when flying anything besides the American flag on their main flagpoles.
Mohammed Tamimi was left with a large defect after the bullet entered his face below his nose, broke his jaw and entered his skull.
The attack coincided with a deepening row between Ankara and Washington over the trial of a US pastor in Turkey.
The company declined to comment on reports it had suspended work on its massive LNG project in the war-scarred southeastern African country.
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.
Guatemala opened an embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, two days after the United States made the same move.
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.
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.
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'.
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.
President Donald Trump announced the move in December, dating back decades, to back Israel’s designation of Jerusalem as its capital.
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.
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.
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.”
President Donald Trump last month recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and said he would move the US Embassy there.
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.
Dirco and SSA accused the US embassy of attempting to manipulate SA efforts to combat terrorism.