Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Fars News Agency / Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets Syria President Bashar al-Assad in Tehran February 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Trump administration announced Wednesday tough economic and travel sanctions against the regime of Syrian
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Data published by Guyana’s elections commission shows that President David Granger lost to opposition candidate Irfaan Ali in a recount of votes of March’s disputed vote. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Organization of American States (OAS) is calling on Guyana’s
Credit: youtubentvkenya / American Gregory Dow has pleaded guilty to engaging in Illicit sexual conduct with minors in the Republic of Kenya By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES An American man plead guilty to engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors in the Republic of
Credit: usembassyseoul / Black live By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A “BLACK LIVES MATTER” placard was boldly draped on the front the U.S. Embassy in Korea capital city Seoul Friday but was promptly removed two days later apparently at the direction of President Trump and
Credit: UNMIL/Staton Winter / UN peacekeepers in Liberia. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Two UN peacekeepers in Mali were killed Saturday in an attack on their convoy in the north of the West African nation. The two peacekeepers were Egyptian
A deserted street in Cairo after coronavirus-related restrictions were tightened. Egypt has been one of the hardest hit in Africa. Photo by Mohamed Elraai/picture alliance via Getty Images Borja Santos Porras, IE University Many African countries quickly closed their borders and imposed lockdown. This meant
DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, met with Ismail Omar Guelleh, president of the Republic of Djibouti, and other senior leaders of the East African nation this week. This was Townsend’s first trip abroad since the coronavirus pandemic unfolded.
Credit: icc.int / Headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court fired Friday back against President Trump authorizing economic sanctions against the war tribunal, saying the “attacks constitute an escalation and
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Trump Thursday authorized the imposition of economic sanctions against International Criminal Court officials directly engaged in The Hague, Netherlands-based tribunal’s efforts to investigate American military personnel for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. “We’re authorizing the imposition of economic
Credit: europol.europa.eu / DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Europol supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) in arresting a man Tuesday in Madrid suspected of transferring money between several European and Arabian countries via the Hawala informal money transfer system with the aim of reintroducing foreign terrorist