The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense in Washington DC By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. airstrike against ISIS in Northeast Somalia Sunday killed two militants, Africa Command said. The military action was conducted in coordination
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at meeting of NATO Ministers of Defense in Brussels Feb. 13, 2025. (Credit: nato.int) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told NATO allies Wednesday they must take primary responsibility for the defense of Europe as
First U.S military flight of “criminal Aliens” to Guantanamo Bay. Photo released by the DHS Feb. 04, 2025. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Trump’s first flight of “criminal aliens” arrived Wednesday at the infamous Guantanamo Bay military facility in Cuba, the Department
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C. March 3, 2020 speaks on progress in U.S. – Africa Policy. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former U.S.
U.S. Department of State arrest poster for arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States announced Friday it increased the reward for information leading to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s arrest to $25 million. The announcement was
(credit: Photo by Gary Raynaldo) / ©Diplomatic Times / United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Thousands of Cubans, led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Army General Raul Castro, marched outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana Friday protesting against the decades-old embargo. They
Nicolás Maduro, President of the Republic of Venezuela (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. called on the Venezuelan government Wednesday to guarantee the safety of six political opposition members sheltered in Argentina’s embassy in Caracas. The U.S. accused the government
United Nations world headquarters in New York By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The UN Security Council held an emergency closed-door meeting late Monday to discuss the situation in Syria after rebels forced out long-time ruler President Bashar al-Assad. A rebel alliance led by Hayat
The national flag of Belgium By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES In a landmark ruling, a Belgian court this week ordered Belgium to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly removed from their mothers in colonial-era Congo. The court also found the Belgian
Wikipedia Commons / Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angola president José Eduardo dos Santos By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The British government announced Thursday it has sanctioned three “notorious kleptocrats” including Angolan billionaire Isabel Dos Santos in a crackdown on “dirty money” laundered