By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES European Union foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell “warmly” congratulated President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris for their “historic victory” in the U.S. elections. Borrell said the EU is looking forward to better ties with the U.S. under
(credit: pmo.gov.et/pm) H.E. Abiy Ahmed Ali , Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Union called for a ceasefire in north Ethiopia where federal troops are fighting local Tigrayan authorities in an escalating bloody conflict in which hundreds of
UN Photo /Daniel Getachew Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General (left), meets the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the capital, Abuja Nov. 9, 2020. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed is on a two-week
(credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Times / U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo at press briefing at Department of State headquarters in Washington D.C. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES As multiple world leaders have quickly recognized Joe Biden as the U.S. Presidential-Elect, Secretary of State
(credit: icctwitter) International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor called on Libya’s warring parties to implement their recent historic ceasefire agreement, calling it a “welcome concrete development”
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The NATO chief joins a chorus of several other European leaders who promptly recognized the president-elect’s win. “I warmly welcome the election of
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / A French military helicopter over the Nigerien town Madama, which serves as a forward operating base for the French, Niger and Chad armies in Operation Barkhane in Sahel region of Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES France conducted its first deployment
Credit: Wikipedia / Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών / Gebran Gerge Bassil is a Lebanese politician who serves as the president of the Free Patriotic Movement By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States has sanctionded Lebanese political leader Gibran Bassil for alleged corruption. Bassil, the leader
credit: ICC.int / International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Kenya lawyer Paul Gicheru surrendered to the authorities of The Netherlands this week for allegedly corruptly influencing International Criminal Court witnesses. The chief prosecutor The Hague, Netherlands-based war tribunal vowed
By Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic Times / Nov. 5, 2020 / Heavily armed police stand guard outside Trump Tower on swank Fifth Avenue in New York City. Trump Tower is a magnet for pro-Trump and anti-Trump protestors. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NEW YORK –