CHISINAU, Moldova—It’s not every day a politician becomes a diplomat, and then after only a year decides to switch careers entirely and reinvent herself as an internationally acclaimed artist. But ...

When Lithuania’s Jovita Neliupšienė was born in 1980, in the city of Panevėžys, her country was still part of the Soviet Union, and Donald Trump was a rising Manhattan real-estate developer. Back then ...

Nearly 14 years after the overthrow and killing of Libya’s longtime strongman, Col. Muammar Qaddafi, the country remains mired in economic chaos despite its vast oil wealth. Yet signs of hope are ...

Ramadan brought together Washington diplomats, cultural organizations and government sectors for a month of evening iftar feasts in accordance with Muslim tradition. Celebrated by nearly two billion ...

Gustavo Petro, 62, is a former M-19 guerrillero who in 1985 was captured and tortured by the army, served 18 months in prison, eventually went into politics and in 2022 won election as the 34th ...

Freelance journalist Adrienne Ross speaks with Pakistani Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh during our Jan. 28 event at the country’s embassy. (Photo by Phil Pasquini) A parliamentary democracy, Pakistan ...

Banner at the Italian Embassy event Oct. 22 to promote Ukraine’s economic reconstruction. “All the components of Ukrainian society will be needed to restore the country’s social and economic fabric.

Sweden’s Jan Eliasson is one of the most skilled and respected diplomats of his generation. He soared through the ranks of Swedish diplomacy, from advising prime ministers and foreign ministers, to ...

The Biden administration just made a worthy pledge: “The United States is committed to sustaining critical investments in the fundamentals of thriving societies,” the White House stated a few days ago ...

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas rages on in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, with a ceasefire proving to be elusive, Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to the United Nations, ...

Prominent scientist, diplomat, conservationist, artist and poet Joseph Edsel Edmunds, a former ambassador of St. Lucia to the United States, died July 21 at the age of 89. With just 180,000 people, St ...

Behind the many ambassadors who are busy representing their countries in the United States are the unsung heroes of diplomatic life: their wives and husbands. These spouses take on a crucial, yet ...