By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – A U.S. retaliatory airstrike killed 2 ISIS-K militants in Afghanistan Friday, the Pentagon confirmed today. The unmanned drone airstrike occurred in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan was an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation against an ISIS-K planner, according
Embassy of the United States, Kabul, Afghanistan is currently closed with a small group of diplomats currently relocated and working out of Hamid Karzai International Airport. (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – No U.S. military assets are currently guarding
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Pentagon confirmed Thursday that 12 U.S. service members were killed in a suicide bombing attack at Kabul airport. The attacks involved an explosive set off by a suicide bomber near the Abbey Gate entrance to
The national flag of Algeria was adopted on 3 July 1962. (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Algeria has cut diplomatic relations with its neighbor Morocco, Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said Tuesday at a news conference, accusing Rabat of “hostile actions”.
Source: Wikipedia Commons / American drones such as the remotely piloted General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, have been used primarily by the United States Air Force for counter-terror airstrikes in the Horn-of-African nation Somalia. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Africa Command confirmed it conducted
Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) Chief of Staff General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Credit: tesfanews.net ) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States is designating the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) Chief of Staff General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Filipos) for his connection with serious human rights abuse committed
Special Operations Command Africa forces concluded Joint Combined Exercise Training in Abidjan and Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire July 9, 2021. (Credit: AFRICOM.mil) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT Special Operations Command Africa partnered with Côte d’Ivoire Forces Speciales Ivoirennes in a Joint Combined Exercise Training in Abidjan and
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO expressed deep concern over the high levels of violence caused by the Taliban’s offensive in Afghanistan capital city Kabul including attacks on civilians and targeted civilians. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also warned the Taliban that
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Banner of Ernesto “Che” Guevara in front of shop in Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States on Friday slapped additional sanctions on Cuban military and security leaders in response to the Cuban regime’s “continued violent
Romárico Vidal Sotomayor García – chief of the Political Directorate of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) (Source: ecured.cu) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Biden administration hit top Cuban officials with more sanctions amid the suppression of peaceful protests that broke out on