Several Iraqis were killed on Monday after powerful Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he would quit politics, prompting followers to storm the presidential compound in Baghdad. A video uploaded on Monday appeared to show U.S. Embassy staff in Baghdad being evacuated via military helicopter. However, the White House denied those reports during a news…

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel threatened widespread violence over the weekend in Baja California, prompting warnings from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. A message reportedly sent out from the cartel threatened violence to urge the government to free captured members. “Be warned. As of Friday at 10 p.m. through Sunday at 3 a.m. we’re going…

The Supreme Court ruled on a dispute over flying a religious flag outside Boston City Hall. We talked to the person who fought to fly the flag about what his victory meant. The U.S. embassy is now planning to move back into Ukraine’s capital, and a group of lawmakers wrapped up their trip to the…

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv called on American citizens in Ukraine to consider leaving the Eastern European country now, arguing that the security situation is unpredictable amid heightened tensions with Russia. “The security situation in Ukraine continues to be unpredictable due to the increased threat of Russian military action and can deteriorate with little notice….

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it handed the U.S. embassy in Moscow a protest note over incidents near Russia’s borders, coming one day after President Joe Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova alleged Wednesday that the United States and NATO engaged in “military activity” such as “flights and dangerous maneuvers…

Japan’s top government spokesman refuted claims by the U.S. embassy in Tokyo that Japanese police are stopping foreigners in “suspected racial profiling incidents,” saying that police don’t interrogate suspicious individuals based on nationality or race. The American Citizen Services section of the U.S. embassy posted an alert to U.S. citizens on Twitter on Dec. 6 saying that…

The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine issued a warning about “unusual Russian military activity” near the nation’s border and Crimea. On Wednesday, the embassy told U.S. citizens not to travel to Crimea over “abuses by Russian occupation authorities, in the eastern parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts due to armed conflict” amid “concerning reports” abnormal…

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul said Wednesday the federal government and military cannot ensure the safe passage to the Kabul airport after Taliban extremists took over the capital as video footage shows throngs of people trying to enter the facility. “The United States government cannot ensure safe passage to the Hamid Karzai International Airport,” the U.S….

MOSCOW—The U.S. Embassy in Moscow said Friday it will temporarily resume some of the consular services it had halted earlier due to a Russian ban on hiring local residents. The embassy said last month that the ban forced it to reduce its consular workforce by 75 percent and starting May 12, it would only provide…