Russia
U.S. diplomatic staff began moving out items from the St. Petersburg consulate Friday after Moscow ordered the closing of the consulate and the expulsion of 60 U.S. diplomats on Thursday.
People could be seen carrying bags and furniture out of the consulate gates and loading the items into cars.
Russia demanded the U.S. diplomats leave by April 5 in a retaliatory move against Washington which expelled a similar number of Russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia in England.
On Friday, Russia expelled a further 59 diplomats from 23 countries saying it was responding to what it called baseless demands for scores of its own diplomats to leave a slew of mostly Western countries that have joined London and Washington in censuring Moscow.
00:58
Senegalese PM Sonko says international order is shifting to a more balanced, multilateral world
01:23
USAID officially shuts doors, American government announces
Go to video
Cuban women's volleyball team barred from Puerto Rico tournament after visa denial
02:20
John Cena and Idris Elba-starring action film "Heads of State" premieres in New York
01:00
Animal shelters in the US use live music to soothe anxious pets
00:58
Israel-Iran ceasefire appears to hold amid tensions and diplomatic juggling