Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson was the only female member of the original generation of CBS Radio war correspondents known as…
The nation of Cape Verde, now known as Cabo Verde, is a group of islands located off the western coast…
An American citizen abroad accused of murder: this is a particular nightmare for consular officers. These cases can become public…
President Richard Nixon ordered plans for retaliatory bombings of North Vietnam after talks to end the war in Vietnam broke…
Born to a modest family, Joseph-Desiré Mobutu prospered in the Force Publique, the army of the Belgian Congo. Mobutu became…
Recent disagreements over Beijing’s claim to the South China Seas (in which a tribunal constituted under the UN Convention on the…
How to commemorate an important anniversary of the country in which you’re posted when it marks a low point in…
From November 1945 until October 1946, the International Military Tribunal indicted and prosecuted Nazi leaders for their roles in the…
The government of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan came to a violent end in what was called the Saur Revolution…
Signed on January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords were intended to finally end the Vietnam War, which had cost…