Exterior of the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art, a museum that focuses on Asian Art, located on the National Mall. (Eurobanks/Shutterstock) Spectacular inscribed vases, dazzling pen cases, cups ...

Nabil Fahmy, the new secretary-general of the Arab League, served as Egypt's ambassador in Washington from 1999 to 2008. (Photo courtesy of Arab League) “The world order is in complete disorder,” with ...

Angola Ambassador Agostinho Van-Dúnem, Namibian Ambassador Wilbard Hellao, Zambian Ambassador Chibamba Kanyama and Zimbabwe Ambassador Tadeous Tafirenyika Chifamba celebrate Botswana's independence ...

Back for its 11th year, the Institute for Education hosted its annual summer social at Congressional Country Club on Aug. 27, bringing together diplomats, government officials, nonprofit leaders and ...

Host Erin Como welcomes guests and kicks off the "Great Nordic Cook-Off" at the Embassy of Norway on Sept. 15. (Photos by Annie Leatherman) In Washington, diplomacy usually happens over briefing books ...

For most of human history, headdresses—hats, scarves, crowns, caps and other head coverings—have served both utilitarian and expressive purposes. They are both a tool and a visual business card, ...

At 79, Roelf Meyer should have been retired already. Born in 1947—the year before South Africa officially instituted apartheid—Meyer came from a white Dutch-descended Afrikaner family and studied law ...

Adrienne Ross interviews Luxembourg's recently departed envoy Nicole Bintner-Bakshian at The Washington Diplomat's Ambassador Insider Series in July. (Photo by Ursula McNamara) Covering 998 square ...

Moroccan Ambassador Youssef Amrani speaks at the country's Throne Day celebration in Washington. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Morocco) US-Moroccan relations—from economic, defense and cultural ...

Team U.S.A. plays against Team Canada at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. (Grindstone Media Group / Shutterstock) As the speed of technology ...

Back Row, From Left: Stefka Yocheva (Chargé d'Affaires, Bulgaria); Aissatou Clémence Baré (Niger); Nada Hamadeh (Lebanon); Agniola Ahouanmenou (Benin); Lantosoa Rakotomalala (Madagascar); Elita Kuzma ...