Peacekeepers with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) are greeted by children. (Photo: MINUSMA/Marco Dormino) By Gary Raynaldo UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – France’s withdrawal of troops in Mali will leave UN peacekeepers and civilians in danger
Malu Perez Iser is a Cuban Paralympic athlete who claimed a surprise victory at the Paralympic Games in Rio September 2016 winning a Bronze Medal. German company OTTOBOCK supplied Perez Iser’s running prostheses for recreational athletes and competitive runners (Credit: Ottobock) By Gary Raynaldo
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of State Lloyd Austin is in Brussels, Belgium meeting with top NATO allies as fears grow over possible Russia invasion in Ukraine. NATO Allied defense ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss critical challenges for European
United States Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The United States is closing the US Embassy in Kyiv and relocating diplomatic personnel in the country to the western Ukraine city of Lviv as fears of Russian invasion rise. “I have no higher
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court Thursday rejected a claim for compensation from Ivory Coast politician Charles Blé Goudé who was acquitted in 2019 of all war crime charges filed by the ICC. In January 2019, The Hague-base war tribunal
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Europe is facing the the biggest security threat that it has faced for decades amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said during his appearance at NATO headquarters in Brussels Thursday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and
Sir George Hollingbery KCMG has began his appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba (gov.uk) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Sir George Hollingbery KCMG, newly appointed as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba, took up his official duties
Terence A. Todman became one of the most senior Black members of the Foreign Service during his four decades in diplomacy. (© Frank Johnston/The Washington Post/Getty Images) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Ambassador Terence A. Todman paved the way for nonwhite
photo credit: By Gary Raynaldo / UN Security Council at UN headquarters New York tapestry of Picasso’s Guernica. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Many were horrified when the Rockefeller family abruptly removed its tapestry of Picasso’s iconic
The European Union is a political and economic union of 27 member states located primarily in Europe. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union on Friday imposed targeted sanctions on five members of Mali’s military junta, including Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga. The five