United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Credit: Department of State) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday blasted Germany for labeling the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as “extremist”. The classification would allow German
President Trump picked Mike Waltz as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations after forcing him out as national security advisor on May 1, 2025. (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate national security advisor Mike
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited South Africa Thursday where he received support from his counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa to find a path to peace in the war with Russia. South African President
Former President of Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned the political party of former President Joseph Kabila over alleged ties to the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group. The move comes amid
U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Thursday on the International Bank of Yemen Y.S.C (IBY) for its financial support of the Iran-backed Houthi militant group. In addition, the
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured skeptical NATO allies in Brussels this week that the U.S. supports the military alliance. Rubio traveled to Brussels Thursday to attended meeting of foreign ministers a day after President Trump imposed sweeping
International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Hungary announced on Thursday that it would be withdrawing from the International Criminal Court as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest. Netanyahu, who is accused
From left, Niger Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangore, Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traore, at joint press conference following meeting of foreign ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States in Moscow, Russia
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). (Credit: UN/MINUSCA) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES A UN peacekeeper from Kenya was killed Friday in an ambush of a MINUSCA Force patrol in the east of the Central African
Leo Brent Bozell III. (Photo by Gage Skidmore) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Trump named Leo Brent Bozell III, a right-wing media critic, to be the next United States ambassador to South Africa amid rising tensions between to the two countries. Bozell is