Diplomatic immunity is one of the oldest and most respected rules of international law. By Amanda Taub On Monday, the Canadian government accused India’s High Commissioner, (the equivalent of an ...

As the sexual assault charges stack up against IMF head Dominque Strauss-Kahn, and the political and economic communities tabulate their losses, one of the major legal questions that has been raised ...

Ronald Lamola, the minister of international relations, has declared that diplomatic immunity will be granted for the G20 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – India’s new envoy to the United States says he wants to raise the “morale” of the India-U.S. relationship as the two nations look to mending ties damaged by the row over American ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TORONTO (AP) — Canada has recalled 41 of its ...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn asked for diplomatic immunity when he was first arrested for attempted rape by New York Port Authority Police, according to a document filed by prosecutors today. The former ...

Last month Dominique Strauss-Kahn claimed he shouldn’t have to face Nafissatou Diallo’s civil suit because as head of the International Monetary Fund he had diplomatic immunity. Now her lawyers have ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - When news vans camped outside her stately home, a Florida socialite tied to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal fell back on her informal credentials as a social ambassador for ...

It’s a big mess, but there could be a relatively easy way out for both Khobragade and the State Department: retroactive diplomatic immunity. It’s a rare but not unprecedented State Department device ...

A patrol officer in the area of Liberty Road ran a random registration check on the license plate of a Cadillac SUV that wasn’t registered anywhere on the afternoon of Dec. 6. The plate itself looked ...