美國8月4日將關閉部分使館

The United States will close a number of its embassies and consulates around the world on Sunday for security reasons.

The State Department did not specify which missions have been asked to close, nor the type of threat they face. But a statment said the embassies and consulates that have been told to close are ones normally open on Sundays. That would include embassies in the Muslim world, where the work week generally is from Sunday to Thursday.

Spokeswoman Marie Harf called the move a precautionary measure.出於安全原因，美國星期天將關閉在世界各地的一些大使館和領事館。

美國國務院沒有具體說明已經要求哪些使領館關閉，也沒有說這些使領館面臨哪種威脅。但國務院在一份聲明說，被告知關閉的使領館通常在星期天是工作的。這意味着其中有在穆斯林國家的大使館。這些國家的工作日一般是從星期天到星期四。

美國國務院發言人哈夫稱此舉爲預防措施。