Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Iran By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Iran disputes it owned a multimillion-dollar fuel shipment bound for Venezuela that U.S. Federal agents seized last Friday. The U.S. said it was the
United Nations Security Council chambers at UN world head quarters in New York By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The UN Security Council Friday voted against a U.S. resolution to extend indefinitely an arms embargo against Iran. The proposal
Credit: youtube /thenational / Nearly 7,000 protesters have been arrested amid post-election crackdown by Belarus officials. Protesters reported being beaten and tortured. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union is preparing to impose new sanctions against Belarusian officials following the brutal post-election
Credit: U.S. Department of Justice / Foreign-flagged oil tanker The M/T Bella with international maritime organization (IMO) number 9208124 carrying Iranian cargo bound for Venezuela. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States Justice Department announced Friday that federal agents seized a multimillion-dollar Iranian fuel
Credit; Wikipedia / Abidjan is Ivory Coast’s largest city and its economic capital. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Four people have been killed in violent confrontations in Ivory Coast amid anger over President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a third term many
Photo: by Gary Raynaldo / Sudanese woman wearing the colors of her flag’s homeland Sudan at protest in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza near the United Nations Headquarters in NY City March 14, 2019, calling attention to the role of Women in the uprising, many of whom
Wikipedia / U.S. is suspending private charter flights to all Cuban airports, including Havana. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. is prohibiting private charter flights to all airports in Cuba as it ramps up economic pressure on the Cuban government, Secretary of State
Credit: europol.eu / Close to one million cigarettes ready to be shipped were seized at the scene of illegal tobacco factory in Spanish town of Borjas Blancas DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Guardia Civil and customs officers raided in the Spanish town of Borjas Blancas an illegal
Credit: Wikipedia / Monsieur Pascal Affi N’Guessan, du Front Populaire Ivoirien By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former Ivory Coast prime minister Pascal Affi N’Guessan believes he is the man who will be the next President of the west African nation. The party of Ivory
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / The criminal network orchestrated at least 50 such sham marriages in order for the illegal immigrants to obtain a residence permit, charging €20,000 per migrant for their services DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The Spanish National Police (Policia Nacional) have arrested 12 suspected