“Embassies” on The Daily Caller

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a supporter of presidential candidate Barack Obama, Cynthia Stroum was a superstar whose financial backing of the campaign landed her a plum diplomatic posting in Europe. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is asking besieged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to lift the emergency police powers that have safeguarded his iron rule while focusing behind the scenes on elections this fall that could be a chance to achieve a legitimate democracy without Mubarak in control, administration officials said. (more)

CAIRO (AP) — As it dismantled its nuclear weapons program, Libya sparked a tense diplomatic standoff with the United States last year when it refused to hand over its last batch of highly enriched uranium to protest the slowness of improving ties with Washington, leaked U.S. diplomatic memos reveal. (more)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged on Monday that he receives millions of dollars in cash from Iran, adding that Washington gives him “bags of money” too because his office lacks funds. (more)

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An EU official said Monday that Serbia’s failure to prevent an anti-gay riot could hurt its bid to join the European Union, but the U.S. Embassy praised police for doing all they could to protect the gay pride march from far-right activists. (more)

PARIS (AP) — The head of the French military says a possible military operation to free seven hostages abducted last week in Niger is not under consideration for the moment. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is denying that first lady Michelle Obama ever described her White House life as “hell.” (more)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say envelopes containing a suspicious white powder have been discovered at the American, Spanish and Swedish embassies in Tel Aviv. (more)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities abruptly halted plans to release an American woman Saturday after more than a year in jail with two friends, dashing their mothers’ hopes and pointing to the internal rivalries within Iran’s leadership. (more)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned an American church’s threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could endanger U.S. troops in the country and Americans worldwide. (more)

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Turkey says six U.S. army post office personnel have been quarantined after handling a package containing a powdery substance at Istanbul’s main airport. (more)

BAGHDAD (AP) — Anti-American Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took a rare, public step into the political arena Monday, meeting in neighboring Syria with the man directly challenging Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for his office. (more)

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three Republican members of the U.S. Congress are accusing the Obama administration of using money meant for civic education in Kenya to back a draft constitution that they fear would increase access to abortion in the African country. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Iranian scientist sought refuge in the Pakistani Embassy compound and asked to go home, an apparent defection gone wrong that could embarrass the U.S. and its efforts to gather intelligence on Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. (more)

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Investigators found an unexploded suicide vest with ball bearings in a disco hall in Uganda’s capital, suggesting that militants had planned a third bombing during the World Cup final, officials said Tuesday. Four foreign suspects were arrested in connection with the find. (more)

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Foreign Office named the United States embassy Monday as the worst offender among diplomatic missions that have racked up 36 million pounds ($54 million) in disputed traffic congestion charges. (more)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A catering company executive who was among six men apparently detained by Pakistan for allegedly helping the Times Square bombing suspect had differences with American policy in the region but no hatred toward the country, his father said Saturday. (more)

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is seeking to improve diplomatic relations with the United States despite long-standing tensions with Washington, President Hugo Chavez said in an interview broadcast Sunday. (more)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Cradling babies and limping on crutches, hundreds of Americans waved their passports in the air and begged U.S. soldiers Friday to let them on flights out of Haiti’s earthquake-ravaged capital. (more)