chargé d'affaires

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Recent Examples of chargé d'affaires Lebanon's foreign ministry spokesperson, Denise Rahme, told The Associated Press that Iran's embassy will still have a charge d'affaires to head its diplomatic mission. CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026 Speaking in Warsaw, Sikorski confirmed that the Russian charge d'affaires was summoned to receive a formal protest note, though the diplomat refused to acknowledge the drones as Russian. Amanda Castro shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Poland summoned the Russian charge d'affaires to demand an explanation after one such incident in December 2023. David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025 Elizabeth Rood, the charge d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, is also in attendance at court, CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen reported. Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 1 July 2022 Earlier in the day, Kuwait followed Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by ordering the Lebanese charge d'affaires Saturday to leave the emirate within two days. The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2021 Daniel Smith to lead the US Embassy in New Delhi as the new charge d'affaires. Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 7 May 2021 In Bum Chun; Andrei Lankov, director, NK News, professor, Kookmin University; Evans J.R. Revere, former deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires, U.S. Embassy, Seoul. Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2021
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Noun
  • Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, took part in a preliminary meeting Wednesday with Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief of staff, Iranian state media reported.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Sharif was accompanied by Pakistan’s foreign minister and information minister.
    Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In early tests, the device successfully captured either electrons or calcium ions—proxies for positrons and antiprotons—in the same setup.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Israel’s National Security Council has issued a heightened travel warning for its citizens, citing a significant rise in threats from Iran and its proxies against Israelis and Jewish sites around the world.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Tuesday’s meeting came days after Lightstone met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure Israel’s commitment to fully implement its requirements under the first phase of the ceasefire, said a US source and a diplomat familiar with the meeting.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
  • One measure of a diplomat is whether, even when world governance falls out of favor, states still open their doors to you.
    Karl Vick, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Weston Hurt might have given the American consul Sharpless a bit more vocal oomph, but his well-upholstered baritone and awkward dignity were just right.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Robert Imbrie, the American consul in Tehran, was brutally murdered in 1924, allegedly because a fanatical religious leader accused him of being a Baha’i and poisoning a well.
    Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Chargé d'affaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charg%C3%A9%20d%27affaires. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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