Us embassy News

Madrid - One of 16 new ambassadors to present their papers to Spanish King Juan Carlos in Madrid on Tuesday, the new US ambassador to Spain and Andorra, James Costos, is an animal rights campaigner, a vegetarian and is openly gay.

Cairo - Al-Qaeda linked militants in Egypt were planning to target both the US and French embassies in the country, before their plot was foiled.

How the term terrorism is officially defined and applied is under review here in the United States. The US Congress will convene this week to further investigate the attacks on the US Embassy in Benghazi, Libya and to discuss the related sequelae.

Ankara - Turkish police have allegedly foiled an Al-Qaeda plot that sought to bomb the US embassy in Ankara, as well as a synagogue amongst other targets in the city of Istanbul.

Ankara - Three days after the suicide bombing that killed a Turkish guard, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara reopens and honors the fallen staff member.

Ankara - A suicide bomber exploded just inside the security checkpoint at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. One Turkish guard is reported dead and bystanders are rushed to the hospital.

Benghazi - Libyan President Mohamed Magariaf claims Tuesday's attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, which left a U.S. ambassador and three State Department employees dead, was pre-planned.

Benghazi - Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith was one of four Americans killed during the U.S. consulate attack in Libya on Wednesday. He was a ten-year veteran of the US State Department.

Beijing - The Texas-based group ChinaAid, says Chen Guangcheng, a blind Chinese dissident has taken refuge at the U.S. Embassy in China after escaping house arrest. Chen, in 2005, exposed forced abortions and sterilization under China's one-child policy.

Brasil - A Brazilian sex worker Romilda Aparecida Ferreira, 31, is planning to file a civil suit for injuries, medical expenses, lost income and psychological trauma after a U.S. Embassy van ran over her at a club parking lot and left her with injuries.