Credit: ©ICC/CPI / Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo at International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Despite an Ivorian judicial ruling excluding former President Laurent Gbagbo from a list of candidates for the October 31 elections, supporters are filing
Credit: Wikipedia / Belarus Opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Belarusian activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Tuesday “Belarus has woken up” and “the peaceful revolution is taking place.” Tikhanovskaya, who is best known as Belarus’ main opposition leader, fled Minsk and is
twitter.com/francediplo / Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif June 29, 2017. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian spoke by phone on Monday with his Iranian
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 25, 2020. (U.S. Embassy Khartoum photo by Alsanosi Ali) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a controversial speech Tuesday from