Photo by Gary Raynaldo / © Diplomatic Times / The Habana Libre Hotel, located in the Vedado section of Havana, used to be the American-owned Havana Hilton before Fidel Castro came to power and confiscated it along with other US properties in Cuba. The hotel,
Women with headscarfs (credit: wikipedia commons David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada – Iraqi Women) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Austria’s Constitutional Court struck down a law banning headscarfs in elementary schools, ruling it is unconstitutional. The law had prohibited girls from wearing “ideological or
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Security Council has extended the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONSCO) for another year, maintaining the same level of troops. By
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, meet in Berlin, Germany December 17, 2020 (© Janine Schmitz/photothek.de) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Throughout a challenging year, Germany has been a reliable, generous and “exemplary” friend
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Parliament awarded its 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought to Belarus democratic opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and other members of the movement in Brussels Wednesday. EU Parliament President David Sassoli presented the Prize to Tsikhanouskaya and
La Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (Cuba Academy of Sciences) is described as the oldest active national academy of sciences outside Europe. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES CUBA is refusing accept the conclusion of US government report released this month finding the so-called Havana
(credit: cc-cpi.int) International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court’s chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced that there is enough evidence to open a full investigation into war atrocities committed in Nigeria. The news from ICC
Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor died Thursday December 10, 2020 at age 85. (photo: Abdoulaziz Adili Toro) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Nsofor has died at the age of 85. Ambassador Nsofor was
(credit: twitter.com/presidenceci) Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in office Monday for a controversial third term as the president of West African nation Ivory Coast. Ouattara was re-elected president October 31. The main opposition
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 The U.S. has officially removed Sudan from its list of state sponsors