Scores of Senior Diplomats Are Leaving Posts as Trump Takes Office The departures are common when a transition takes place, but it is now happening more quickly and on a larger scale than under previous administrations, a U.S. official said.

Senior U.S. Diplomats Arrive in Syria to Meet With Governing Militias The U.S. officials plan to look for signs of Austin Tice, a missing American journalist, as well as other U.S. citizens.

Pope Francis mobilizing Vatican diplomats to quell a world war he says has begun (RNS) — Pope Francis and the Vatican are pursuing peace in the globe’s two major conflicts, working through official and unofficial channels. The post Pope Francis mobilizing Vatican diplomats to quell a world war he says has begun appeared first on Religion News Service.

Canada Pulls 41 Diplomats as India Threatens to Revoke Their Immunity The diplomats and 42 family members left amid growing tension over Canada’s assertion that India was complicit in the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia.

Saudi Arabia Will Host Talks About Ukraine’s Peace Plan, Diplomats Say Envoys from nations including the United States, Brazil, China and India have been invited, but it was not clear who would attend, the diplomats said.