By Alexander McLaren
Embassy Cairo’s Department of Homeland Security team alongside Homeland Security Investigations in New York, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, and the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, and in coordination with Egyptian authorities, repatriated the Ankhenmaat Sarcophagus, better known as the “Green Coffin,” to Egypt, Jan. 2.
The impressive...
Consul General Nicole Theriot (center) stands with Pakistani athletes at a ceremony in Karachi, Jan. 20. The athletes are training for the June 2023 Special Olympic World Games in Berlin, Germany. The chairperson of Pakistan’s Special Olympics Committee hosted the ceremony. In her remarks, Theriot expressed the U.S. Consulate...
U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Michael Murphy (second from left), along with Adnin Hasić (far left), president of the Association of Families of Victims of Sutina/Uborak; Diana Salčin (far right), member of the Association; and Sanela Kuko (third from left), president of the Assembly of the Civilian...
U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia Brian McFeeters (right) presided over the closing ceremony of the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) project to preserve the traditional drumming and dance performance called Rebana Kercing, Jan. 4. Funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the project was organized by Universiti...
By Linley Wartenberg
Pickleball has caught on in Baghdad. David Arnaldo and David Denehy, both program officers with USAID, claim to have initially brought the game to Baghdad as an activity for their office. Bringing together USAID direct hires, local staff, and third-country nationals, they played outside on the tennis...
The Office of Art in Embassies (AIE) launched a 60th Anniversary diplomacy for democracy art initiative at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Jan. 31. More than a hundred leaders from the diplomatic corps, Congress, Executive Branch, and the cultural sector attended the launch...
By Mohmoud Chikh-Ali
Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies fly south to Mexico in a chain of four generations. There, the butterflies spend the winter clinging to branches in the forests of Michoacán and Mexico State, then return to the United States and Canada in the spring. These orange and...
By Myranda Campanella
The Department of State’s internship program has a long history of educating young professionals in the art of diplomacy. Students have the opportunity to work on substantive issues and interact with partners, foreign and domestic, to gain insight into the Department’s mission. Networking is a key component...
By Vincent Picard
The Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) directs foreign assistance efficiently and effectively to protect the United States, American citizens, and other partner countries against terrorist threats worldwide.
In late October and early November, CT convened hundreds of experts from across the U.S. government—including virtually from U.S. embassies around the...
By Paul Wulfsberg
2022 was an exciting year for American soccer fans. The United States men’s national team (USMNT) had a solid World Cup showing, tying Wales and England before beating Iran to advance to the Round of 16. With the 2022 World Cup in the rearview mirror, the USMNT...