By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The French Judicial Police (DCPJ) and the Italian Carabinieri Corps, with support from Europol and Eurojust, arrested 23 individuals and dismantled 2 criminal networks suspected of producing and distributing counterfeit banknotes in France and Italy. The networks produced various
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller reminded European Allies that without the right resources, the military alliance “cannot guarantee our security.” Gottemoeller laid out the importance of defence spending at a time of unprecedented security challenges in a
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Amid an international outcry, Israel put on hold its planned eviction of the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, in the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday postponed the forced eviction of a Bedouin village in
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Trump’s top diplomat Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was all smiles with a look of determination on his face as he met with members of Saudi Arabia’s leadership Tuesday. Pompeo was dispatched to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Tuesday in Riyadh to discuss the disappearance of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi. President Trump dispatched Pompeo to Saudi Arabia’s
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES In an apparent effort to keep U.S.-Saudi relations intact, President Trump Monday backed away from statements he made over the weekend threatening Riyadh with “severe punishment” if the Kingdom were found to be involved in the killing
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Saudi Arabia is in a diplomatic nightmare as it scrambles to explain to the world what happened to missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The situation is also stretching diplomatic relations between the Kingdom and the United States to the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO is set to show the world the military alliance is ready to respond to any threat from any direction, particularly Russia, by conducting the largest exercises in decades. UK troops landed at Rotterdam in The Netherlands this week
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday accused his nemesis Senator Bob Menendez and the Democrats of “putting our nation at risk” by delaying confirmation of nominees to key diplomatic posts.“In order to conduct U.S. foreign policy, the State Department
President Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, has resigned, ahead of what Mr. Trump promised on Twitter on Tuesday was a “big announcement” with Ms. Haley at the White House, according to the New York Times. Haley’s Surprise Resignation is Subject of