(By Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed briefs reporters at press conference to discuss a new report on the global impact of the war in Ukraine on food, energy and finance systems at UN world
By Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / Nadia Murad, (left) a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist speaks with reporters after addressing the United Nations Security Council Wednesday to announce her initiative on efforts to prevent and end cycles of sexual violence in
(By Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) 10 were people shot, 16 injured in a mass shooting at subway station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on April 12, 2022. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – Ten people were shot and at least
Diamond cut. Diamonds are one of Russia’s top ten non-energy exports by value, with exports in 2021 totaling over $4.5 billion. The cut of a diamond greatly affects a diamond’s brilliance; this means if it is cut poorly, it will be less luminous. (Mario Sarto /Wikipedia Commons)
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Chidi Blyden; Angolan Minister of State and Chief of Security Affairs Office to the President of the Republic Francisco Pereira Furtado; and Angolan Chief of the Armed Forces
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / © Diplomatic Times / The Nigerian government shut down its San Francisco, California consulate in 1989 that was located in this property at 3247 Jackson Street in the City’s upscale, wealthy Presidio Heights district. The Federal Republic of Nigeria reportedly still
(UN Photo/Manuel Elías) United Nations General Assembly votes to suspend the rights of the membership of the Russian Federation in the Human Rights Council during an Emergency Special Session on Ukraine at UN world headquarters in New York Apr. 7, 2022. By Gary Raynaldo
U.S. Rep. Gregory Weldon Meeks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (meeks.house.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Congressional members Wednesday condemned horrific reports of Malian troops and suspected Russian mercenaries allegedly executing about 300 people in central Mali, west Africa. Human Rights Watch said
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist revolutionary, and pan-Africanist President of west African nation Burkina Faso. Sankara was assassinated in 1987. (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré was sentenced to life in prison
Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly over Afghanistan, March 17, 2020. (Credit: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Lotz) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – President Biden has proposed a record $813 million Defense budget, up 4 percent for the fiscal year 2023.