“We have determined it is unacceptable for individuals appointed by that regime to conduct diplomatic or consular operations in the United States,” a Special Envoy for Syria said.

Pedestrians and tourists near the Freer and Sackler Galleries at 3 p.m. today are in for a loud, flashy show. But don’t be alarmed when a tree explodes in a cloud of fire and light.

The musician, motivational speaker, and partying advocate talks to DCist about his canceled diplomatic trip to Bahrain, why he’s feeling more American, and why the party is still going strong.

The singer-songwriter, advocate for partying and almost-cultural ambassador Andrew W.K. responded to the State Department’s decision yesterday to cancel his invitation to the U.S. Embassy in Bahrain.

Citizens of Bahrain are about to get a serious lesson in partying, courtesy of the State Department.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed in unflinching terms the shock and grief caused by the attack yesterday on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that took the lives of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three foreign-service staffers.

The U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three staffers were killed last night during an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

In its strongest statement over the ongoing internal conflict in Syria, the Obama administration today took the relatively rare step of booting the top Syrian envoy to the U.S.

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and local resident Tim Weiner won the National Book Award’s nonfiction category for Legacy of Ashes: The History of the C.I.A., a sweeping 600-page critical history of the agency with a particular emphasis on the intelligence failures that have occurred during the agency’s relatively short period of existence. “Legacy of Ashes,” writes Weiner, “is the record of the first sixty years of the Central Intelligence Agency. It describes how…

Just a few days ago there was a flurry of sarcasm over the launch of DipNote, the comically named, poorly designed and dubiously intentioned new official State Department blog. It’s fair to say that its arrival was met in the larger blogosphere with a resounding thud, though whether there might be anything worthwhile content-wise in its existence seems worth going back to check at least a few times. Now there’s another new government blog being…