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President Trump speaks during a Oval Office meeting Thursday with representatives of Israel and the United Arab Emirates, announcing an agreement to establish diplomatic ties between the two countries.

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UAE, Israel Move To Normalize Relations As Israel Halts Planned West Bank Annexations

3:21pm August 13, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

President Trump brokers the historic agreement. The United Arab Emirates and Israel will move toward bilateral diplomatic relations, and Israel will suspend plans to annex portions of the West Bank.

Buses with U.S. diplomats and their families who have been expelled from Russia leave the U.S. Embassy compound in Moscow on April 5. They were the first of a group of 60 U.S. diplomats who have been expelled from Russia, after the United States kicked ou

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Diplomatic Corps In Moscow Shrinks Just When U.S.-Russia Tensions Are At A High

4:22pm April 12, 2018

by Lucian Kim

"Throwing out 60 diplomats is a big blow to the ability of people simply to have discussions on subjects that need to be discussed," said James Collins, a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow.

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A statue of a girl symbolizing Korean "comfort women" is unveiled last week during a ceremony in front of the Japanese Consulate in Busan, South Korea.

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'Comfort Woman' Statue Sparks Diplomatic Row Between Japan And South Korea

3:22pm January 06, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The statue in front of the Japanese Consulate, commemorating the plight of Korean women forced by the Japanese to work as sex slaves during World War II, has prompted Japan to withdraw its ambassador.