Blinken takes over at State Department, vowing to rebuild diplomatic ranks. Updated on: January 27, 2021 / 8:00 PM EST / CBS/AP Secretary of state pledges to repair relationship .

Traditionally, papal funerals follow a strict hierarchy. High-ranking clergy, monarchs, and heads of state are seated according to diplomatic rank and the French alphabet—the long-standing ...

The U.S. State Department is promoting far fewer people — 50 percent less — into some of the first levels of senior Foreign Service positions, according to data obtained by McClatchy.

Set to be published Sunday morning, the Lowy Institute's 2024 Global Diplomacy Index ranks 66 nations and territories by the number of diplomatic postings they possess around the world.

There has been growing frustration among the diplomatic ranks over the Trump administration's handling of foreign policy and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's "redesign" plan of the department.