(Photo by Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic Times) A cuban in Old Havana, Cuba sits outside home under poster of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States announced Tuesday the State Department imposed visa restrictions on nine Cuban officials following
Presidente Daniel Ortega Saavedra, de La República de Nicaragua. (Wikipedia Commons Presidencia de la República Mexicana) DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Nicaragua announced it will withdraw from the Organization of American States after the OAS harshly condemned the Nov. 7 election in which President Daniel Ortega won
United States Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeff Feltman (Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons Patrick Tsui/FCO) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman is urging a diplomatic solution to the year-long military conflict
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / © Diplomatic Times) Crime scene at New York City Penn Station where a man allegedly stabbed to death another on an uptown bound subway train shortly after midnight November 21, 2021. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NEW YORK CITY –
Logo of United Nations at UN world headquarters in New York (Photo credit: Diplomatic Times) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The United Nations reported Thursday that six detained UN staff members were released. At least 16 UN
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III briefs media members, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariam al-Mahdi to show U.S. support for the Sudan civilian-led transitional government in Khartoum Nov. 15, 2021. (twitter.comusembassykrt) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Assistant Secretary of State for
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Norwegian Minister of Defense Odd Enoksen sign a roadmap to deepen cooperation between U.S. and Norwegian Special Operations Forces, in a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2021. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) By Gary
Flag of Eritrea (Source: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States has sanctioned the Eritrean military and the country’s ruling party because “Eritrea’s destabilizing presence in Ethiopia” is prolonging the year-long bloody conflict. Since the outbreak of the military conflict in 2020,
Seal of the United States Department Of State (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Department of State has ordered the departure of non-emergency American government employees and their families in Ethiopia amid armed conflict, civil unrest and possibly shortages in the Horn