Credit: whc.unesco.org/ France-UNESCO By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France will increase its voluntary contribution to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to €5 million ($5.7 million) in 2019 to support programs and projects related to the education of girls and Africa, the
Credit: / UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe / Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States of America at UN New York Headquarters Feb. 21, 2019 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo called on the
Credit: ©ICC-CPI / Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona (L) and Alfred Yekatom (R) accused of war crimes in the Central African Republic. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court ruled Wednesday to join the cases of Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, two suspected war criminals from the Central
Credit: commons.wikimedia.org/ White House photo Public Domain / U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping (right) meet in Hamburg, Germany in July 2017. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES CHINA is the most populous nation on the face of the earth with 1.4
Credit: twitter.com/mquevedof / President of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernandez By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The US treasury department announced new sanctions Friday on Venezuelan intelligence and other officials close to President Nicolas Maduro, including the president of state-owned oil company PDVSA. The Treasury
Credit: Europol / Bandits reportedly counterfeited at least 11,000 bottles of red wine before getting busted. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The criminals dabbled in fraud by the glass until the authorities caught up with them. Europol supported a police action day coordinated by the Italian
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara declaration that the common currency, the French CFA, “is solid, appreciated and well managed” left many poor citizens of west and central Africa who use the money in a state of shock. Ouattara was
Credit: interpol.int / President of Rwanda Paul Kagame met with INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock following the Organization’s African Regional Conference in Kigali, Rwanada Feb. 7, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A new Eastern African Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization Cyber Crime Centre for Excellence
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A British Airways Boeing 747 painted in the iconic design of its predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) arrived back at London Heathrow from the paint factory this morning and will enter the airline’s flying schedule, heading first to New
Credit: Credit: Wikipedia Commons / DOS Twitter / U.S. State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Heather Nauert, the former Fox News anchor turned State Department spokesperson, has withdrawn her name from consideration as the US Ambassador to the United Nations. “Today Heather Nauert withdrew