Brazil decides to expel the top Venezuelan diplomat in the South American country, reciprocating a similar move by Venezuela.

Venezuela’s Ambassador to Canada Wilmer Barrientos Fernandez and its chargé d’affaires, Angel Herrera, were stripped of their diplomatic credentials on Monday.

Germany expels 27 Afghan men, despite fierce protests from opponents who say it is not safe to return them to war-torn Afghanistan.

A video posted on the government's Twitter site showed Morales declaring Ivan Velasquez "non grata."

The pro-Moscow president says the EU-leaning government’s decision to expel Russian diplomats was ‘most likely a Western order.’

Estonia expels two Russian diplomats in a move blasted by Russia ‘hostile’ and ‘provcative.’

Malaysia says it has expelled the North Korean ambassador over the killing of the half brother of North Korea's leader.

An activist says the United States has always stood firmly behind Israel and defended its worst atrocities but the only difference now is that it is openly supporting Tel Aviv.

An academic says President Putin of Russia has made a very strategic move not to expel US diplomats, and that new bans against Russia are last-minute attempt to ruin the process of restarting peaceful cooperation between the two countries.

An analyst says President Obama’s order to impose new sanctions on Russia will not only destroy Washington’s relationship with Moscow but will affect other areas of US foreign policy.