U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers remarks to Department of Defense personnel, with President Joe. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2021. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday suggested that Alliance troops may stay in Afghanistan a while longer than a May 1 deadline for international troops to leave the country. A peace deal made last year between the Taliban
Soldier from Senegal in UN MINUSMA Peacekeeping operation in Africa / (credit: un.org) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – An assault on Thursday by unidentified armed elements on a temporary operating base of the UN Integrated Stabilization Mission for Mali
Sama Lukonde Kyenge, head of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s state mining company, is the new DRC Prime Minister (credit: facebook.com/pg/samalukonde) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Felix Tshisekedi has named the head of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s state mining company
Flag of the Republic of El Salvador (credit:Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) is sending a special mission to the Republic of El Salvador amid the tense political situation in the Latin American
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DOD) have purchased an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from both Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. to help meet demand for COVID-19 vaccines in
From left to right: Bradley Freden, Deputy Interim Representative of United States of America to the OAS Luis Almagro, OAS Secretary General February 11, 2021 Washington D.C. (Photo by: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORTS Luis Almago, Secretary General of the Organization of American
The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, Arlington, VA (credit Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Biden on Wednesday made his first visit to the Pentagon since taking office where he promising unity and vowed never to politicize the U.S.
(UN Photo/Elma Okic) The Human Rights Council, Geneva (file photo, May 2018) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States will return to the U.N. Human Rights Council after nearly three years when then President Trump abruptly pulled America out of the Council. Secretary of
UN MINUSMA peacekeepers (Blue Hats) in Mali (credit: UN Photo) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – At least 20 UN peacekeepers were injured in an attack on their base in central Mali early Wednesday, a UN spokesman confirmed. “This